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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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Agency - English program:.Ontario Centre.
Agency:.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.
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Credit Note

Research, Nancy Marcotte ; research, Li Li ; foley artist, Maxime Potvin ; music contribution, Patrick Watson, Michael Ramsey ; archive researcher, Nancy Marcotte ; 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.

Performer Note

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.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2011.

Summary

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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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Green Cross Italia Special Mention, 2012

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).