Living in the Future's Past What Kind of Future Would You Like to See?
Academy Award-Winner Jeff Bridges shares the screen with scientists and profound thinkers going beyond politics and borders to look under the hood of humanity, revealing eye-opening concepts about ourselves and our past, providing the keys to a better future.
The film shows how no one can predict how major changes might emerge from the spontaneous actions of the many. How energy takes many forms as it moves through and animates everything. How, as we come to understand our true connection to all there is, we will need to redefine our expectations, not as what we will lose, but what we might gain by preparing for something different.
Winner of Best Feature Documentary at the Amsterdam Film Festival and the IndieFEST Film Awards.
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84 mins
Year
2018
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Comments (6)
What a remarkable end speech by JB. After seeing what we have created and realizing the work ahead - we are asked, personally to do something to create a future we want. it's the way he says it - not a guilt trip or " were all gonna die" if you don't do something speech....just asking ...Read more
What a remarkable end speech by JB. After seeing what we have created and realizing the work ahead - we are asked, personally to do something to create a future we want. it's the way he says it - not a guilt trip or " were all gonna die" if you don't do something speech....just asking for a contribution as if it was already within us to do. it's painful to watch what our progress has created - we don't seem to see the bigger picture - the relationships, the warning signs. Or, we do, but it's just too much, and there is new eps of game of whatever on Netflix so I have to go...
Read lessSurely somebody will stop the spending of all that money on bombs and machine guns and spend it on useful efforts. I too would like to think the eco-warriors and the scientists will save us. well they might - but they will need help from all of us.
Do not thwart innovation.
Very good and thought provoking film.
The world is in need of gender parity and "doughnut economics."
Patriarchy, capitalism, and fossil fuels are unsustainable.
To claim that humanity cannot abandon the lifestyle it has built on fossil fuels is not true.
We have ...Read more
Very good and thought provoking film.
The world is in need of gender parity and "doughnut economics."
Patriarchy, capitalism, and fossil fuels are unsustainable.
To claim that humanity cannot abandon the lifestyle it has built on fossil fuels is not true.
We have less than 12 years to solve the climate crisis or face a climate catastrophe.
The time for debate is over.
We are out of time.
We must act.
Read lessLove and Scientific study through passionate empathy and understanding, along with the powerful spirit of todays youth. They, unique via our digitally shifting world - and informed of any interest at will, will become the champions of humanity. The babies of now will become the rescuers and ...Read more
Love and Scientific study through passionate empathy and understanding, along with the powerful spirit of todays youth. They, unique via our digitally shifting world - and informed of any interest at will, will become the champions of humanity. The babies of now will become the rescuers and survivors of our mistakes. Hang in there, stand with strong hearts, and hold on to the center.
Read lessthank you Jeff for doing what you can to inspire us to do what we all can achieve if we look inwardly...then act in our daily choices in life
Fantastic...I HOPE WE AWAKEN IN TIME..Especially for the little ones..THANK YOU JEFF,FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT.