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Surviving progress [videorecording] / presented by Cinemaginaire and Big Picture Media Corp. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada ; director, Mathieu Roy ; co-director Harold Crooks ; produced by Daniel Louis, Denise Robert.

Widescreen.

[New York] : First Run Features, [2012]

1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

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.

Progress.

Progress -- Economic aspects.

Progress -- Environmental aspects.

Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.

Technological innovations -- Social aspects.

Technology and civilization.

Science and civilization.

Science films.

Social problem films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Feature films -- Canada.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Roy, Mathieu.

Crooks, Harold, 1943-

Louis, Daniel, 1953-

Robert, Denise.

Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018

Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

Goodall, Jane, 1934-2025

Suzuki, David, 1936-

Venter, J. Craig.

Cinemaginaire (Firm)

Big Picture Media Corporation.

National Film Board of Canada.

First-Run Features (Firm)

Documentary.

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

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

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

Director of photography, Mario Janelle ; editor, Louis-Martin Paradis.

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

DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.

Closed captioned.

What is progress? -- Progress traps -- Humans in the lab of evolution -- Earth's carrying capacity -- China takes the capitalist road -- Living off our natural capital -- A history of debt -- Debt, resources, and global finance -- Economics for a sustainable future -- Synthetic biology and scarcity -- Recognizing limits -- Moral progress or technological fixes.

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DVD 303.44 Surviving

[videorecording]