Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Jul 14, 2019

1h 39m

★ 7.7

Overview

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

ARTE

Cinéphage Productions

Les Films du Tambour de soie

Stenola Productions

Mucem

RTBF

CNRS Images

RTS

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress Trailers

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jacques Bonnaffé

Self (archive footage)

John D. Rockefeller

Self (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage)

Van Heflin

Self (archive footage)

Lewis Strauss

Self (archive footage)

Mária Telkes

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Jane Wyman

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

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No overview available.

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