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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress poster
Original title
L'Homme a mangé la Terre
Directed by
Jean-Robert Viallet
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the last 200 years of industrial capitalism. It shows how a wealthy minority historically caused most environmental destruction through technologies like steam power, fossil fuels, pesticides, nuclear energy, and digitalization.

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What happens

Die Erdzerstörer (Originaltitel: L’Homme a mangé la Terre, internationaler Titel: Breakpoint: A Counter-History of Progress) ist ein französischer Dokumentarfilm von Jean-Robert Viallet aus dem Jahr 2019. Der in Zusammenarbeit mit den Wissenschaftshistorikern Christophe Bonneuil und Jean-Baptiste Fressoz entstandene Film beleuchtet die vergangenen rund 200 Jahre des Industriekapitalismus – von der Dampfmaschine über fossile Brennstoffe, Pestizide und Atomkraft bis hin zur Digitalisierung – und macht deutlich, dass eine wohlhabende Minderheit historisch besonders für die Umweltzerstörung im Anthropozän verantwortlich ist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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