Surviving progress

Directed by

Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks

Written by

Harold Crooks, Mathieu Roy

Produced by

Cinémaginaire Inc. - ONF - Big Picture Media Corporation

Documentary, Canada, 2011, 86 min

Ronald Wright’s bestseller "A Short History of Progress" inspired this cinematic requiem to progress-as-usual. Throughout human history, what seemed like progress often backfired. Some of the world's foremost thinkers, activists, bankers, and scientists challenge us to overcome progress traps, which destroyed past civilizations and lie treacherously embedded in our own.

Debate with :

• Serge Galam, research director CNRS
• Dorothée Benoit-Browaeys, VivAgora General delegate

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