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Cli-Fi in the Movies

Climate fiction, popularly abbreviated as cli-fi (modelled after the assonance of “sci-fi“), is literature that deals with climate change and global warming. Not necessarily speculative in nature, works of cli-fi may take place in the world as we know it or in the near future. University courses on literature and environmental issues may include climate change fiction in their syllabi. This body of literature has been discussed by a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Dissent magazine, among other international media outlets.

-Wikipedia

The theme for April is Cli-Fi. And if you are like me, Cli-Fi is a new genre for you in the world of books. Yes, I have been living in a genre hole apparently. (Funny thing that is the sole purpose of Mocha Girls Read. To expose us to new genres, books and authors). But the storyline theme is not 100% new. In case you didn’t know, you have been introduced to it in movies.

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City, to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.

Mad Max (1979 & 2015)

Max Rockatansky, a former highway patrol officer known across the post apocalyptic wasteland of Australia as Mad Max, has his V8 Interceptor stolen by Immortan Joe’s warlord son, Scrotus. Max goes on a bloody crusade to take it back.

WaterWorld (1995)

Max Rockatansky, a former highway patrol officer known across the post apocalyptic wasteland of Australia as Mad Max, has his V8 Interceptor stolen by Immortan Joe’s warlord son, Scrotus. Max goes on a bloody crusade to take it back.

These movies introduced us to the idea that climate can be a character or that climate can be the setting of the overall story.

Check out these Youtube videos on Cli- Fi

What books and movies have you enjoyed in the Cli-Fi genre? What upcoming Cli-Fi movies are looking forward to seeing?

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Mocha Girl Alysia

Founder at Mocha Girls Read
Founder of Mocha Girls Read book club. But basically, just another girl who loves to read and then read some more and wants to meet others like me. If you add a cup of green tea with lemon and honey I will be overjoyed.
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