[Frameworks] animals and human-animal relationships on film

[kate lain]

Hi, Sarah!  Ha, I'd argue that "the animal presence as a kind of distancing
tactic that allows for reflection on inter-human behaviours (ethics,
empathy, violence)" is pretty much the project of all animal-focused
natural history films (from Disney's "Beaver Valley" to BBC/Discovery's
"Lion Battlefield" to [the French version, especially] of "March of the
Penguins") whether the makers admit/know it or not, but here are some
suggestions that are more along the lines of what you're asking for (I
think):

"Possibly in Michigan" (Cecelia Condit)
"Beauty Plus Pity" (Duke & Battersby)
"Sex Life of a Polyp" (Robert Benchley)
"Pennipotens" (Heather Freeman)
"The Jackdaw" (Fiona Campbell)

I know you're looking for films, but thought these readings might be of
interest to you as well:
Ronald Tobias' "Film and the American Moral Vision of Nature"
Donna Haraway's "Teddy Bear Taxidermy" (about natural history museum
dioramas, but those are pretty much the same thing as natural history
films, except more dead and with actual fur)
John Berger's "Why Look at Animals?" (from "About Looking")

Best,
Kate Lain

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kate lain
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626.644.5283
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