Event overview
Becca Voelcker delivers our sixth talk 'Land Cinema: Film in an Age of Extraction'. Monday 9th February, 5.30 - 7 pm, LG.02 PSH
Considering film’s political urgency in times of environmental crisis, and how past moments of rupture contain seeds of ideas for our present, this talk coincides with the publication of Becca Voelcker’s book Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction (University of California Press, 2026). Diving into little-known archives to explore films that resonate across geographies, the book unearths key examples of eco-political counterculture, from filmed garden diaries to indigenous documentaries on farmers’ rights, each of which advances an understanding of land as a locus of social and environmental responsibility.
BIO
DR BECCA VOELCKER is a writer and historian of art, film, and visual culture. Much of her work considers senses of place. Raised in rural Wales and living in central Tokyo as a young adult, she later moved to the USA to complete a PhD at Harvard University. Becca is currently a Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2024 Becca was named a BBC New Generation Thinker. Her first book, Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction, is a cross-cultural history of eco-political cinema. The book launched alongside a BBC Radio programme and a curated film season at the Barbican. http://www.beccavoelcker.com
Film Still: Red Persimmons (Manzan benigaki) Ogawa Productions and Peng Xiaolian, 2001.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 9 Feb 2026 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
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