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Surviving Progress
20111 h 26 min 31 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Mathieu RoyHarold Crooks
Production: Martin ScorseseEmma Tillinger KoskoffMark AchbarBetsy CarsonSilva Basmajian (National Film Board of Canada)Gerry FlahiveDaniel Louis (Cinémaginaire Inc.)Denise Robert
Script: Mathieu RoyHarold Crooks
Produced by Cinémaginaire and Big Picture Media Corporation in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada through the Theatrical Documentary Program, Québec Film and Television Tax Credit - administered by SODEC, SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.
Ronald Wright’s bestseller A Short History of Progress inspired
this cinematic requiem to progress-as-usual. Throughout human history, what
seemed like progress often backfired. Some of the world's foremost thinkers,
activists, bankers, and scientists challenge us to overcome progress traps,
which destroyed past civilizations and lie
treacherously embedded in our own.
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Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Environmental PerspectivesNatural Resources
- Film and Video Arts > Film and Video Making
- Technology > Technological PerspectivesTechnology and Society
- History > Technological Perspectives
- Social Studies > Comparative CivilizationsDevelopment/Global Issues
- History and Citizenship Education > Issues in Society Today
- Technology Education > Society and Technology
Credits
- interviewee
- Ronald Wright
- Mark Levine
- Robert Wright
- Marina Silva
- Kambale Musavuli
- Vaclav Smil
- Colin Beavan
- Michael Hudson
- Jane Goodall
- Chen Ming
- Chen Changnian
- Craig Venter
- Raquel Taitson-Queiroz
- Gary Marcus
- Daniel Povinelli
- Victor Gau
- Margaret Atwood
- Simon Johnson
- Enio Beata
- David Suzuki
- Jim Thomas
- voice
- Stephen Hawking
- appearance
- Michael Shellenberger
- Ted Nordhaus
- Philip Fearnside
- Francisco Santos Olivera
- Adelson Jose De Santana
- Marcelo Gusmao
- Marcelo V. Gusmao
- Ana Maria Gusmao
- Ana Flavia Gusmao
- Joel Bellenson
- Guo Yunzhe
- Sing Lui
- Zhang Ning
- Yang Shi Min
- James Reaux
- Fabio Rodrigo Cavenaghi
- camera assistant
- Dany Racine
- production coordinator
- Sofie Handfield
- Rachel Punwassie
- Sarah Arruda
- production assistant
- Alessandro Gallizzi
- Julien Chayer-Veillette
- production accountant
- Dominique Dupuis
- Sylvie Laurin
- Hélène Grimard
- research
- Nancy Marcotte
- Li Li
- fixer
- Nancy Marcotte
- Li Li
- production manager
- Daniel Caldeira
- driver
- Eduardo Decio Augusto
- Antonio Navarro Ribeiro
- Aguinaldo Tomaz Afonso
- crew transportation
- B.A.S.E. Transportadora
- security
- Vagner Da Silva Afonso
- production services
- Antonio Venturi Neto
- translator
- Nancy Marcotte
- Sarah Arruda
- Li Li
- Yu Li
- project manager
- Xiao Cheng
- Viviane Adam
- assistant editor
- Michael Ramsey
- post-production coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- second assistant editor
- Véronique Chaput
- consulting editor
- Caroline Christie
- transcripts
- Hélène Laporte-Rawji
- Dyane Provost
- re-recording studio
- Modulations Inc.
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Vincent Riendeau
- dialogue editor
- Guy Pelletier
- foley artist
- Maxime Potvin
- foley recordist
- Jo Caron
- technical supervisor
- Jean-Philippe Savard
- coordinator
- Marie-Lou Morin
- Jean-Philippe Savard
- Ariane Charette
- Dolby sound consultant
- David Berti
- laboratory post-production
- Vision Globale
- project coordinator
- Thibaud Galbois
- colour correction
- Patrice Fortin
- digital post production
- National Film Board of Canada
- online editor
- Denis Pilon
- music licensing
- Viviane Adam
- Ariane Charette
- music contribution
- Patrick Watson
- Michael Ramsey
- archive researcher
- Nancy Marcotte
- executive director
- Martin Desroches
- assistant to the producer
- Virginie Laliberté
- accounting
- Dominique Dupuis
- receptionist
- Claudia Manzur
- accountant
- Sherrill Sirrs
- legal
- Heather Mitchell
- centre administrator
- Josiah Rothenberg
- technical coordinator
- Marcus Matyas
- post-production supervisor
- Mark Wilson
- director
- Mathieu Roy
- Harold Crooks
- screenplay
- Mathieu Roy
- Harold Crooks
- executive producer
- Martin Scorsese
- Emma Tillinger Koskoff
- Mark Achbar
- Betsy Carson
- Silva Basmajian
- producer
- Gerry Flahive
- Daniel Louis
- Denise Robert
Awards
- Green Cross Italia Special MentionCinemAmbiente / Environmental Film Festival