One of the most powerful allegories for climate change in recent years, ANNIHILATION operates on a simple what-if premise: what if the boundaries between “human” and “environment” were finally and utterly elided? This philosophical query is explored when an all-women group of military scientists, led by Natalie Portman’s Lena, is sent to examine the Shimmer, a “zone” created by a meteor strike three years ago into which people enter but never return. In the Shimmer, a long-desired communion between (wo)men and nature becomes possible - perhaps forgiving humanity’s sins on the planet once and for all.