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Surviving progress [videorecording (DVD)].

Alliance Films, 2012.

DVD 909 S963 Doc

Technology and civilization.

Technological innovations.

Progress -- Environmental aspects.

Progress -- Economic aspects.

Environmental degradation.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (86 min.) : Dolby digital 5.1 sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Program content: Cinémaginaire Inc., c2011.

Inspired by the best-seller from Ronald Wright "A short history of progress".

Bonus materials: Introduction by Martin Scorsese at New York Premiere ; Extended interviews with Jane Goodall, Ronald Wright, MIchael Hudson & Jim Thomas ; Round table discussion with filmmakers at Montreal Int. Documentary Festival.

Closed-captioned.

An Alliance Films release ; Cinémaginaire Inc. and Big Picture Media Corporation in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada ; a film by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks ; Producers, Daniel Louis and Denise Robert ; NFB Producer, Gerry Flahive ; Director, Mathieu Roy.

Featuring, Stephen Hawking, Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall, David Suzuki, Craig Venter.

Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing? Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, 'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment.

Documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Wright, Ronald. Short history of progress.

Crooks, Harold, 1943-

Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018-

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-

Goodall, Jane, 1934-

Suzuki, David T., 1936-

Venter, J. Craig.

Alliance Films.

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