ecocinema

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noun

A branch of filmmaking and film criticism dealing with the representation of the environment in film.

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Meanings

nounecocinema (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebroadcastingA branch of filmmaking and film criticism dealing with the representation of the environment in film.
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    The academic scholarship on both Wildboyz and Green Porno has been virtually nonexistent heretofore […]. When it comes to Wildboyz, one could attribute this treatment to the program’s youthful intended audience or its general lack of sophistication. But those same features have not stopped ecocritics, ecocinema scholars, or other academics from writing about children’s environmental programming, environmentally themed animation, […]

    2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 77

Origin

From eco- + cinema.

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APA

ecocinema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecocinema

MLA

“ecocinema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecocinema. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecocinema,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecocinema.

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