Where to Watch Surviving Progress (2011) in the US

What it's about

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.

Cast and crew

Director

Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks

Writer

Harold Crooks, Mathieu Roy

Starring

Ronald Wright, Mark Levine, Robert Wright

Details

Release date

Mar 23, 2013

Language

English, Mandarin, Portuguese, French

Country

Canada

Box office

$53,953

Awards

1 nomination

Where to Watch Surviving Progress (2011) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Surviving Progress in the United States?

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Can I watch Surviving Progress for free in the United States?

Watch the movie free with ads on The Roku Channel (HD) and Tubi TV. Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Fawesome (HD) and Kanopy.