Surviving Progress (2011)

Directed by

Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

KN

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the idea of progress and questions whether it leads to societal collapse. It presents the theories from Ronald Wright's book about how past civilizations have failed.

thought-provokingsoberinginformativereflectivecautionarycontemplativeserious

What happens

Surviving Progress is a 2011 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, loosely based on A Short History of Progress, a book and a 2004 Massey Lecture series by Ronald Wright about societal collapse. The film was produced by Daniel Louis, Denise Robert, and Gerry Flahive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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