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Motif: Capitalism

In the Heights

In the Heights centers on a variety of characters living in the neighborhood of Washington Heights, on the northern tip of Manhattan. At the center of the show is Usnavi, a bodega owner who looks after the aging Cuban lady next door, pines for the gorgeous girl working in the neighboring beauty salon and dreams
MovieCapitalismGentrificationmusicUrbanismAngryCaring For FamilyConnectionEmpowermentUpbeatMusical

Infest the Rats’ Nest

A thrash/heavy metal concept album by Australian band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The album deals with severe man-made climate collapse, factory farming, class struggle, and more from a dystopian viewpoint.
LiteratureMusic AlbumApocalypseCapitalismDystopian FutureExtinctionAnxietyDreadExtinctionOutrageFostering collective ecological identitySpreadabilityStreamability

Okja

Okja (2017) is a film made by filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho, who is also known for his environmental film Snowpiercer (2013). Okja tells the story of Mija and her genetically modified pet animal, Okja. Okja was created by the Mirando Corporation, who created a line of superpigs to try to solve world hunger and meat shortages.
MovieAnimal welfareCapitalismEcofeminismHuman-Animal Friendshipmeat industryEmpathizing with animalsenvironmental awarenessecocinemakorean cinema

Created by the Green Media Studies initiative at Utrecht University.