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Exploring the surprisingly radical ecological messages in Disney's Strange World. The movie's visuals are borrowed from old pulp adventure magazines but its theme has much more in common with Solarpunk narratives.
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• Lyla June's talk "3000-Year-Old Solutions To Modern Problems:
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• Decommodified version of "Dear Alice" by Waffle To The Left:
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• The Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers
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• Mock "Clean Coal" commercial by The Coen brothers
youtube.com/watch?v=W-_U1Z0vezw
• Join The Sunrise Movement:
sunrisemovement.org
• The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything
• "What is Solarpunk?" by Andrewism
youtube.com/watch?v=hHI61GHNGJM
• "Why Solarpunk is not enough" by Andrewism
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Outro music: Rick Lopez
Exploring the surprisingly radical ecological messages in Disney's Strange World. The movie's visuals are borrowed from old pulp adventure magazines but its theme has much more in common with Solarpunk narratives.
PATREON
patreon.com/popdetective
PAYPAL
paypal.me/popdetective
WISHLIST
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/VPZW4GU512ON?ref_=wl_share
RESOURCES
• Lyla June's talk "3000-Year-Old Solutions To Modern Problems:
youtube.com/watch?v=eH5zJxQETl4
• Decommodified version of "Dear Alice" by Waffle To The Left:
youtube.com/watch?v=UqJJktxCY9U
• The Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers
us.macmillan.com/series/monkrobot
• Mock "Clean Coal" commercial by The Coen brothers
youtube.com/watch?v=W-_U1Z0vezw
• Join The Sunrise Movement:
sunrisemovement.org
• The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything
• "What is Solarpunk?" by Andrewism
youtube.com/watch?v=hHI61GHNGJM
• "Why Solarpunk is not enough" by Andrewism
youtube.com/watch?v=rKaSb2gi1Ew
POP DETECTIVE PODCAST
• Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-detective-audio-files/id1585512628
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2C6SdbT75mdRp2jRyvuLfa
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SUBTITLES
• Help translate this video over on Amara
amara.org/videos/xwJ5HzMpEIRM/info/in-defense-of-disneys-strange-solarpunk-world/?team=
TEXT TRANSCRIPT
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COMMENTS
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FAIR USE
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VIDEO LINK FOR EDUCATORS
• Coming soon
CREDITS
Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh
Outro music: Rick Lopez
