This session will focus on capitalist extraction, the exploitation of natural resources, as well as the exploitation of human labour and human bodies in these processes.

The Wages of Fear (1953) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, 153 mins

In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.

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Under the North Sea, dir Federico Barni + Alberto Allica (2018), 18 min.

One kilometre underneath the North Yorkshire coast, salt miners and research scientists work side by side at the edge of the biosphere. A young woman finds a new future in the darkness of this extreme environment.

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For those that wish to participate, the screenings will be followed by a group discussion of the films and assigned reading, found here: www.are.na