This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of film in the context of the Anthropocene:
the new geological era in which human beings have collectively become a force of nature. Daniel
White draws on perspectives in philosophy ecology and cybernetics (the science of
communication and control in animals and machines) to explore human self-understanding through
film in the new era. The classical figure of Janus looking both to the future and the past
serves as a guide throughout the study. Both feature and documentary films are considered.
