The Future Is Now!
A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?
Genre: Drama
Actor: Paul Ahmarani, Liane Balaban, Alain de Botton, Shigeru Ban, Christian Bök, Marlene Dumas, Frances Dupuis-Déri, Rivka Galchen, Richard Dawkins, J. Craig Venter
Director: Gary Burns, Jim Brown
Country: Canada
Produced By: Burns Film Ltd., ONF | NFB
Runtime: 91
Release: 2011
Rating: 10 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 198
Content Rating:TV-G
Quality: DVD
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