Introduction: cinematic ecodisasters and our basic human needs -- Human approaches to the ecology of air, water, and clothing. At the boiling point: the aesthetics of atmospheric pollution and climate change in documentary and feature films -- James Bond and water wars in contemporary film: a new ecowarrior? -- Ready to wear? from fashion to environmental justice -- Ecodocumentaries and the rhetoric of food production. Contemporary ecofood films: the documentary tradition -- Flipper? We're eating Flipper? documenting animals rights and environmental ethics at sea -- Negative externalities of housing and energy industries -- Give me shelter: the ecology of homes and homelessness -- Activism in mountaintop removal films: turn off the lights for sustainability -- The search for the "golden shrimp": the myth of interdependence in oil drilling films -- Conclusion: can the film industry and the environmental movement mix?
