Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter (2011): Psychic Cli-Fi

Stef Craps
Cli-Fi: A Companion. Ed. Axel Goodbody and Adeline Johns-Putra. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2019. 81-88.
Publication year: 2019

This essay gives an overview of the central themes and formal features of Jeff Nichols’s cli-fi film Take Shelter (2011). It also provides insight into the film’s reception and contribution to public debate, as well as offering some teaching ideas.