Surviving Progress

Surviving Progress
Directed byMathieu Roy,
Harold Crooks (co-director)
Written byHarold Crooks, Mathieu Roy
Based onA Short History of Progress
by Ronald Wright
Produced byDaniel Louis. Denise Robert, Gerry Flahive
Distributed byFirst Run Features (US)
Release dates
  • September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11) (2011 TIFF)
  • April 6, 2012 (2012-04-06) (New York City)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Surviving Progress is a 2011 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, loosely based on A Short History of Progress, a book and a 2004 Massey Lecture series by Ronald Wright about societal collapse.

The film was produced by Daniel Louis, Denise Robert, and Gerry Flahive.