Episode of Series “Challenge for change/Societe nouvelle”.
Up to age forty-five, Fritz Schumacher, economist, technologist and lecturer, was dedicated to economic growth. Then he came to believe that the modern technological explosion had grown out of all proportion to human need. Author of Small Is Beautiful - A Study of Economics as if People Mattered and founder of the London-based Intermediate Technology Development Group, he championed the cause of “appropriate” technology. The film brings us into contact with this gentle revolutionary a few months before his death.
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ACMI Identifier
015947
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Schumacher, E.F. (Ernst Friedrich)
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economics
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Schumacher, E.F. (Ernst Friedrich)
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Technology - Social aspects
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology - Social aspects
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)