Imaginative Acts, Environmental Futurity: Re-envisioning the Heroic White Male Savior in Snowpiercer
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.25779/kg61-tw28
Abstract
In contrast to many Hollywood climate fiction films, Snowpiercer (2013) offers a more complex representation of the white male savior. In contrast to films like WALL-E (2008) and Interstellar (2014) that recuperate and invest in white masculine privilege, Snowpiercer highlights the more destructive aspects of a patriarchal capitalist system that privileges hegemonic white masculinity. While the ending of Snowpiercer may seem bleak, it also points to the possibility of a new system, an environmental futurity that centers indigenous knowledge and the experiences of women and people of color. Though Snowpiercer is not formally an American film, its casting of recognizable Hollywood stars situates this film in a transnational American cinema context, and this is part of what makes this film interesting to examine in contrast to mainstream Hollywood blockbusters.
Recommended Citation
Yates, Michelle. "Imaginative Acts, Environmental Futurity: Re-envisioning the Heroic White Male Savior in Snowpiercer." Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts, vol. 4, 2024 . DOI: 10.25779/kg61-tw28
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