Climate Imagination: Joint CSUCI/UAS class

Next week we will stage an inter-state discussion of a feature length film that deals with climate change in a speculative and imaginative manner.

To insure we have the most engagement in this discussion, I'd like you to help choose the film we use to frame our discussion.  But don't cast a single vote; instead rank your choices, posting in the comments here your top choice as number 1 and your last choice as number 4.

Here are the contenders, with links to the trailers for each:

1) The 2004 Hollywood classic The Day After Tomorrow 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku_IseK3xTc

2) The 2008 sci-fi drama Sleep Dealer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M

3) 2014's dystopian thriller Snowpiercer (not to be confused with the forthcoming TV series):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5PwfEMBM0

4) And the much more optimistic 2012 narrative/fantasy film Beasts of the Southern Wild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqZzSMIZa0

Our goal will be to think critically about the ways that climate change presents narrative challenges, analyzing the ways American cinema is contending with the predicted outcomes and issues.  All of these films are viable texts in that regard, so choose the one you most want to watch (or re-watch!).

Our resident political scientist Dr. Glenn Wright will tally the votes--using an intricate and cutting-edge voting system--at dinner time Friday November 1.