Surviving Progress

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, this provocative documentary explores the concept of progress in our modern world, guiding us through the major "progress traps" facing our civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment. Featuring powerful arguments from such visionaries as Jane Goodall, Margaret Atwood and Stephen Hawking, this enlightening and visually spectacular film invites us to contemplate the progress traps that destroyed past civilizations and that lie treacherously embedded in our own.

• UPC: 840418300763
• Release: 2024-02-13
• Content Provider: First Run Features
• Runtime: 86
• Genre: Documentary
• Language: English
• Format:
• Screen:
• Aspect: 1.78:1
• Rating: NR
• Audio: Stereo
• Color/BW: Color
• Special Features: Introduction by Martin Scorsese; Film Society of Lincoln Center; Behind Surviving Progress: A Roundtable Discussion with the Filmmakers; Extended Interviews: Ronald Wright and Michael Hudson, Jim Thomas; Jane Goodall; Portrait Gallery: Voiceover by Ronald Wright and Gary Marcus; Filmmaker Biographies
• Copyright: 2011 Cinemaginaire Inc. Film Progreso Inc. Invisible Hand Productions Inc. in co-production with The National Film Board of Canada
• Number of Discs: 1
• Disc Format: DVD