First off I think I should admit that there is a slight conflict of interest in this blog. It is a cousin of mine that is one of the producers for this documentary film.However, with that having been said (and having only seen the trailor and read the reviews) it feels like a very timely (funnily enough they started work on it way back in 2005) and a badly needed documentary that will hopefully get some real airtime in the way that an Inconvenient Truth did in helping more people understand the direction we are currently heading.
It features some of the world’s great contemporary thinkers including Jane Goodall, Margaret Atwood, David Suzuki and Stephen Hawking. Inspired by Ronald Wright’s bestselling non-fiction book about societal collapse, this documentary explores the idea of “progress traps” in our modern world. At the moment we are on a trajectory that focuses, rewards and delivers bad progress - unsustainable progress. This documentary focuses on taking stock of where are and understanding what we need to change to allow us to make progress in a positive and sustainable way in the future.
The signs are good for its success. It has already taken part in the Toronto International Film Festival, and had its world premiere at the event on Sunday, September 11th. It has also been selected for the Vancouver International Film Festival and Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinema.
Fingers crossed that this helps mainstream some of the real issues business, government and society needs to address.
To see the trailer, go to:
http://kinetictrailers2.com/Progress/Progress_V9.mov
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