The 2019 Oscars Has a Climate Change Contender

First Reformed stars Ethan Hawke as Reverend Ernst Toller, a pastor to a small congregation in upstate New York. Clear your calendar and prepare your popcorn – the 2019 Oscars will be awarded on Sunday night. This year climate change has a contender, and no, it’s not An Inconvenient Sequel. In the category of original screenplay, Paul Schrader has been nominated for First Reformed, a contemporary tale about the struggles of a priest in upstate New York grappling with the death of his son, a parishioner’s anguish over environmental destruction, and the corruption of his parish by fossil fuel interests. Come for Ethan Hawke’s furrowed brow, stay for the explosive finale. Other Oscar-nominated films this year touch on environmental themes. Isle of Dogs, set on an offshore trash dump, muses on what we discard. Vice charts the rise of oil executive and politician Dick Cheney. In Black Panther, the vibranium mineral sparks conflict (inspiring a Brookings…

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