a short history of progress

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Humanity's ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, A Short History Of Progress inspired SURVIVING PROGRESS, shows how past civilizations were destroyed by "progress traps" - alluring technologies and belief systems that serve immediate needs, but ransom the future. As pressure on the world's resources accelerates and financial elites bankrupt nations, can our globally-entwined civilization escape a final, catastrophic progress trap? With potent images and illuminating insights from thinkers who have probed our genes, our brains, and our social behaviour, this requiem to progress-as-usual also poses a challenge: to prove that making apes smarter isn't an evolutionary dead-end. Running time: 86 min Website: www.survivingprogress.com Country of production: Canada Director: Mathieu Roy Co-Director: Harold Crooks Producers: Daniel Louis, Denise Robert Written By: Harold Crooks & Mathieu Roy Executive Producers/ Big Picture Media Corporation: Mark Achbar, Betsy Carson Producer / Nfb: Gerry Flahive Executive Producer / Nfb: Silva Basmajian Executive Producers: Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff Editor: Louis-Martin Paradis Music Contributions: Patrick Watson, Michael Ramsey Cinematography: Mario Janelle Additional Cinematography: Jean-Pierre St-Louis, Dany Racine, Mark Achbar Location Sound: Louis Piché, Claude La Haye, Joao Godoy Additional Location Sound: Philippe Scultéty, Marcel Chouinard Head Of Research: Nancy Marcotte Post-Production Sound: Marcel Pothier, Christian Rivest, Gavin Fernandes, C.A.S. Post-Production Supervisor: Guy Langlois Canadian Distribution: Alliance Vivafilm International Sales: National Film Board Of Canada www.ecofilmfest.my