Malthus at the Movies: Science, Cinema, and Activism around $\textit{Z.P.G.}$ and $\textit{Soylent Green}$
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Olszynko-Gryn, J
Ellis, P
Abstract
This essay investigates cinema’s engagement with the neo-Malthusian movement to control global overpopulation in the long 1960s. It examines the contested production and reception of
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counterculture, environmentalism, film history, overpopulation, reproduction, science fiction
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Cinema Journal
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0009-7101
1527-2087
1527-2087
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University of Texas Press
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Wellcome Trust (1360)
Wellcome Trust (088708/Z/09/Z)
Wellcome Trust (088708/Z/09/Z)