Animal Activism On and Off Screen

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Animal Activism On and Off Screen</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> examines the relationship between animal advocacy and the film and television industries. Leading scholars activists and film industry professionals critically analyse the ways in which animal activism has been represented inside and outside film and television programs in relation to the politics of celebrity vegan and animal activism.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Case studies include UK US and German television crime fiction feature-length advocacy documentaries such as </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Blackfish</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (2013) </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Ghosts in Our Machine</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (2013) </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Animal People</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (2019) and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Meat the Future</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (2020); fiction films such as </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Okja</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (2017) and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Cloud Atlas</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (2012); as well as celebrity chefs French activism and celebrity activists Pamela Anderson Joaquin Phoenix and James Cromwell.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>By exploring three key aspects of the current context for animal rights: representations of activism on screen; activist texts and their reception; and celebrity vegans and animal advocates </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Animal Activism On and Off Screen</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> evaluates the efficacy of advocacy narratives in film and on television and offers important insights intended to inform animal advocacy strategies and campaigns.</span></p>