Growing Pains: the Ecological Cost of an Insatiable Economy (2019)

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'Growing Pains' is the title for a short edit (47min) of the award-winning documentary 'System Error'. A look at the global and political obsession with economic growth and the ecological and humanitarian consequences.

The film is directed by Florian Opitz (“Speed—In Search of Lost Time” and “The Big Sellout”). For details, please see the Port-au-Prince's website.

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