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From Infinity War to Okja: why overpopulation is cinema's crisis du jour

8 mins | May 20, 2018
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Cinema often functions as a reflection of our contemporary anxieties and, in recent years, there have been a lot of films about overpopulation. Nick Hilton, writing in The Guardian, explores the morally complex ways in which films like Avengers: Infinity War and Okja handle the vexed issue of rising population.

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