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Future Shock (1972)

Future Shock poster
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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