Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Miyazaki’s 1984 epic adventure—adapted from his 1982 manga—endures for its delicately hand-drawn animation, visionary sense of place and humanity, and moral complexity. Set in a postapocalyptic world where prehistoric wormlike creatures roam and a war-hungry tribe of soldiers threatens to obliterate their existence, the film follows a gentle young girl named Nausicaä, who is the last hope for peace. Her quest takes her across wondrous landscapes, battling time as she tries to bridge the gap between man and nature. Considered Miyazaki’s first masterpiece, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is also a significant introduction to the filmmaker’s themes of feminism and environmentalism, which will resurface in many of his subsequent films, including My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away.

November 5 screening: subtitled version
November 7 screening: English-dubbed version

Ages 8 and up: features scary images and sequences of peril and violence.