Rendering Slow Ecological Crisis in a Popular Medium : Hyperobjects and Sámi Resistance in the Swedish-French TV Series Midnight Sun

• Published in: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Main Author: Mrozewicz, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense 2022
• Subjects: Studies on Film; Media and Communications; Cultural Studies; Midnight Sun; global trash; radioactive waste; nuclear colonialism; hyperobject; non-human agency; green TV series; Arctic noir; Sámi; Sápm; Arctic; Morton; midnight sun
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/6d089bb6-d712-4de4-930e-7447d0991d8f; https://doi.org/10.14746/i.2022.40.02

The article examines the ways in which the slowly evolving and invisible processes of the ongoing ecological crisis can be represented in the format of a contemporary serial television drama. The author argues that despite heavy reliance on spectacular and captivating character-born plots, the long-...