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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Jean-Robert Viallet

2019

  • Documentary
  • History
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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.

Cast & crew

  • Jean-Robert VialletDirector
  • Jacques BonnafféSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • John D. RockefellerSelf (archive footage)
  • Woodrow WilsonSelf (archive footage)
  • Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
  • J. Robert OppenheimerSelf (archive footage)
  • Van HeflinSelf (archive footage)
  • Lewis StraussSelf (archive footage)
  • Mária TelkesSelf (archive footage)

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