Future Shock (1972)

- Directed by
- Alex Grasshoff
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 43 min
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary examines the concept of too much change happening too fast for society to handle. It uses interviews and visual examples to discuss how technology and social upheaval might affect people in the future.
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What happens
Future Shock is a 1972 American short documentary film directed by Alex Grasshoff and narrated by Orson Welles. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but it wasn't entered into the main competition. It is based on the 1970 book of the same name by Alvin Toffler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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