Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
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.
- Year: 2019
- Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: ARTE, Cinéphage Productions, Les Films du Tambour de soie, Stenola Productions, Mucem, RTBF, CNRS Images, RTS
- Keyword: destruction of a civilization, based on novel or book, industrial unrest, world war i, self-destruction, cold war, world war ii, 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, chemical industry, social and industrial development, industrial pollution, observational documentary, environmental documentary, documentary, post-anthropocene, industrial documentary
- Director: Jean-Robert Viallet
- Cast: Jacques Bonnaffé, John D. Rockefeller, Woodrow Wilson, Adolf Hitler, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Van Heflin
