Name: Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Genre: History, Documentary
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.7

About

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.

Director

Jean-Robert Viallet

Producers

Alexandre Cornu, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman

Music

Marek Hunhap

Studio

ARTE, Cinéphage Productions, Les Films du Tambour de soie, Stenola Productions, Mucem, RTBF, CNRS Images, RTS

Original Title

L'Homme a mangé la Terre

Original Language

French

Keywords

destruction of a civilization based on novel or book self-destruction world war ii cold war world war i industrial unrest greed damage global warming industrial revolution industrial society post world war i mankind annihilated destruction of planet destruction weapon of mass destruction oil industry archive footage post world war ii social documentary coal mining earth in peril environmental destruction deforestation mankind industrial heritage 19th century atomic energy mass destruction old footage destruction of earth ecological footprint history of mankind plastic contamination social and industrial development industrial pollution observational documentary environmental documentary documentary post-anthropocene industrial documentary