Surviving Progress
“Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up.”
Where to watch Surviving Progress in Australia
Surviving Progress is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies and YouTube in Australia. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 25 May 2026.
About Surviving Progress
Surviving Progress is a 2011 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, starring Stephen Hawking, David Suzuki and Jane Goodall. It has a runtime of 1 hour 26 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.4/10 from 47 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Surviving Progress in Australia — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.
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Overview
Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, “A Short History Of Progress” inspired “Surviving Progress”, shows how past civilizations were destroyed by “progress traps”—alluring technologies and belief systems that serve immediate needs, but ransom the future. As pressure on the world’s resources accelerates and financial elites bankrupt nations, can our globally-entwined civilization escape a final, catastrophic progress trap? With potent images and illuminating insights from thinkers who have probed our genes, our brains, and our social behaviour, this requiem to progress-as-usual also poses a challenge: to prove that making apes smarter isn’t an evolutionary dead-end.
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Where can I watch Surviving Progress in Australia?+
In Australia, Surviving Progress is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies and YouTube. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there right now.
Is Surviving Progress on Netflix?+
Surviving Progress is not on Netflix in Australia right now.
How long is Surviving Progress?+
Surviving Progress has a runtime of 1 hour 26 minutes (86 minutes).
Who stars in Surviving Progress?+
Surviving Progress stars Stephen Hawking, David Suzuki and Jane Goodall.
When did Surviving Progress come out?+
Surviving Progress is a 2011 movie directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks.
What genre is Surviving Progress?+
Surviving Progress is Documentary film.
Who directed Surviving Progress?+
Surviving Progress was directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks.
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