Surviving Progress (2012)
MOVIE SUMMARY:
Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society? Or too much of a good thing? Based on the best-selling book A Short History of Progress, this provocative documentary explores the concept of progress in our modern world, guiding us through a sweeping but detailed survey of the major "progress traps" facing our civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment. Featuring powerful arguments from such visionaries as Jane Goodall, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Hawking, Craig Venter, Robert Wright, Michael Hudson, and Ronald Wright, this enlightening and visually spectacular film invites us to contemplate the progress traps that destroyed past civilizations and that lie treacherously embedded in our own. Leading critics of Wall Street, cognitive psychologists, and ecologists lay bare the consequences of progress-as-usual as the film travels around the world - from a burgeoning China to the disappearing rainforests of Brazil to a chimp research lab in New Iberia, Louisiana - to construct a shocking overview of the way our global economic system is eating away at our planet's resources and shackling entire populations with poverty. Providing an honest look at the risks and pitfalls of running 21st Century "software" (our accumulated knowledge) on 50,000-year-old "hardware" (our primate brains), Surviving Progress offers a challenge: to prove making apes smarter was not an evolutionary dead end.
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Movie Title: Surviving Progress (2012)
Also Known As: Survivre au progrès
Taglines: Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up
In Theaters: April 6th, 2012
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Genres: Documentary, Art House & International, Special Interest, Adaptation, Foreign
Run Time: 1 Hr. 26 Min.
Distributors: First Run Features
Directors: Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks
Writers: Harold Crooks, Mathieu Roy
Stars: Stephen Hawking, David Suzuki and Jane Goodall
Cinematography: Mario Janelle
Film Editing: Louis-Martin Paradis
Studio: Big Picture Media Corporation, Cinémaginaire Inc., National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Filming Locations: Bay Area, San Francisco, California, USA
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Produced by
Mark Achbar ---- executive producer
Silva Basmajian ---- executive producer: NFB
Betsy Carson ---- executive producer
Gerry Flahive ---- producer: NFB
François Girard ---- associate producer
Daniel Louis ---- producer
Denise Robert ---- producer
Martin Scorsese ---- executive producer
Emma Tillinger Koskoff ---- executive producer
FULL CAST
Stephen Hawking ---- Himself
David Suzuki ---- Himself
Jane Goodall ---- Herself
Margaret Atwood ---- Herself
Colin Beavan ---- Himself
Kambale Musavuli ---- Himself
J. Craig Venter ---- Himself
Vaclav Smil ---- Himself
Michael Hudson ---- Himself
Ronald Wright ---- Himself
Gary Marcus ---- Himself
Marina Silva ---- Herself
Jim Thomas ---- Himself
Simon Johnson ---- Himself
Mark Levine ---- Himself
Yunzhe Guo ---- Appearance
Daniel Povinelli ---- Himself
Changnian Chen ---- Himself
Victor Gau ---- Himself
Enio Beata ---- Himself
Ming Chen ---- Himself
Robert Wright ---- Himself
Raquel Taitson-Queiroz ---- Herself
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