The inconvenient truth of climate-fiction (cli-fi) films—both in front of and behind the camera—is that they’re too white. For flicks with the potential to raise awareness and motivate action about a climate crisis that affects all of humanity, it would help if at least some of the cast, directors, producers, or writers represented more of humanity in all of its rich colors and cultures. Although another, glaringly ironic truth remains. Those responsible for causing the massive amounts of carbon emissions fueling climate change are mostly white celebrities, billionaires and CEOs living a jet-set lifestyle in industrialized countries while billions of Black and Brown people in the Global South already experience the ferocious effects of extreme drought, flooding, sea level rise and wildfires attributable to the climate crisis or worsened by it. So, here, unlike conventional lists of top cli-fi films to watch, we spotlight seven cli-fi flicks reflecting at least a little DEI. Though...
