Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.

Director:

Peter Joseph

Writer:

Peter Joseph

Stars:

Peter Joseph, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Mate

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Joseph	...	Narrator / Animation Voices (voice)
Robert Sapolsky	...	Himself
Gabor Mate	...	Himself (as Gabor Maté)
Richard Wilkinson	...	Himself
James Gilligan	...	Himself
John McMurtry	...	Himself
Michael Ruppert	...	Himself
Max Keiser	...	Himself
Jacque Fresco	...	Himself
Adrian Bowyer	...	Himself
Berok Khoshnevis	...	Himself
Roxanne Meadows	...	Herself
Colin Campbell	...	Himself
Toni Orans	...	Animation Voices (voice)
Phi Dao Ewing	...	Animation Voices (voice)

Storyline

A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical "life ground" attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a "Resource-Based Economy".

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Plot Keywords:

socioeconomics | society | sociology | futurology | famine | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 2011 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Korszellem: Haladjunk tovább

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gentle Machine Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

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Quotes

[first lines]
opening title card: In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable, and help to change it. - Ernst Fischer
voiceover-collage: ...deadly riots over the government's plan to avoid defaulting on its loans... is that the unemployment keeps rising, and it has to keep rising just because it has an excess supply of goods... because this is all borrowed money that our kids... and our debt is owned by banks...

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Connections

Follows Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

User Reviews

One of the best documentaries regarding the application of science since Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"

The filmmaker, Peter Joseph, gathered up some of the best scientists in their respective fields (along with Michael Ruppert, of "Collapse" fame) to present a case for a near-empirical way of dealing with the problems of society.

Any fan of science over opinion, evidence over belief or challenging the status quo in general will find much to love here.

It is seemingly thought of as a political documentary, but technically, there is nothing "political" about it. It takes no sides in the establishment, basing its solutions on evidence (and the scientific method, in a general sense).

This comes off as a radical approach to problems, only because we don't see that in politics. But as far as radical notions go, what Zeitgeist : Moving Forward presents doesn't seem "out there" at all. But the ideas here are really quite universal. They exist in every culture or religion as "goals" or things to work towards. But until now, a clear case hasn't been presented on how to actually get there - how to solve the problems by taking them into account from the beginning.

Strong societies require strong foundations - and not a country in the world currently has a foundation like that.