Travel Tip: Pop Culture and Cinema in United States
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

An environmental epic, Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä (1984) is the second feature by Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle ). Set a thousand years after a nuclear war destroys civilization and most of Earth’s original ecosystems, this animated film tells the story of a young princess Nausicaä who inspires the people in her isolated village to rise up to resist warring factions seeking to control a deadly biological weapon. 

After its release in Japan , the film was later issued in the United States in a severely shortened version as Warriors of the Wind. This Green Screens event will feature the original, uncut Japanese version. After the screening, local environmental organizations will be on hand to show what kids can do to help.  

The Film Society’s Green Screens program addresses through film the vital environmental concerns of global warming, the safety of our food supply, sustainable living, and more. The program caters to children and families.