Surviving Progress
- Director: Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks
- Theatrical Release Date: April 6, 2012
- On The Web IMDB Entry
Synopsis: 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, financiers and scientists challenge us to overcome „progress traps,‟ which destroyed past civilizations and lie treacherously embedded in our own. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]
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