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| {{Infobox film | |||
| | name = Zeitgeist: Moving Forward | |||
| | image = Zeitgeist Moving Forward.jpg | |||
| | director = ] | |||
| | producer = Peter Joseph | |||
| | music = Peter Joseph, ] and Yes | |||
| | editing = Peter Joseph | |||
| | distributor = GMP LLC | |||
| | released = {{Film date|2011|1|15}} | |||
| | runtime = 161 minutes | |||
| | country = United States | |||
| | language = English | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''Zeitgeist: Moving Forward''''' is the third installment in ]'s ''Zeitgeist'' film trilogy.<ref></ref> The film was launched for free on the internet starting January 26, 2011.<ref name="Official release">{{YouTube|4Z9WVZddH9w|ZEITGEIST MOVING FORWARD - OFFICIAL RELEASE - 2011 - Video Statistics}}</ref> As of August 2013, the film has over 21 million views on YouTube.<ref name="Official release"/> | |||
| ==Content== | |||
| The film is arranged into four parts. Each part is an amalgam of interviews, narration and animated sequences. | |||
| ===Part I: Human Nature=== | |||
| The film begins with an animated sequence narrated by ]. He describes his adolescent life and his discontinuation of public education at the age of 14 and describes his early life influences. | |||
| Human behavior and the nature vs. nurture debate is discussed. ] sums up his opinion of the ] in which he refers to it as a "false dichotomy." The film then says that it is neither nature nor nurture that solely shapes human behavior, but the combination of both. Disease, criminal activity and addictions are also discussed. The overall conclusion of Part I is that social environment and cultural conditioning play a large part in shaping human behavior. | |||
| ===Part II: Social Pathology=== | |||
| ] and ] are discussed in regard to modern economics. In '']'', John Locke lays out the fundamental principles of private ownership of land, labor and capital. In '']'', Adam Smith uses the term ] as a means to explain how an individual's self-interest benefits society as a whole.<ref>Smith, A., 1976, ''The Glasgow edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith'', vol. 2a, p. 456, edited by R.H. Cambell and A.S. Skinner, Oxford: Claredon Press.</ref> A critical view of economic theory is made by questioning the need for private property, money and the inherent inequality between agents in the system. Also seen critically is the need for ] consumption in order to maintain market share which results in wasted resources and ]. Critical views of the monetary system are given. According to the movie, the current monetary system will result in default or hyperinflation at some future time. | |||
| ===Part III: Project Earth=== | |||
| As with '']'', the film presents a "resource-based economy" as advocated by Jacque Fresco discussing how human civilization could start from a new beginning in relation to resource types, locations, quantities, to satisfy human demands; track the consumption and depletion of resources to regulate human demands and maintain the condition of the environment. | |||
| ===Part IV: Rise=== | |||
| The current world wide situation is described as disastrous. A case is presented that pollution, deforestation, climate change, overpopulation, and warfare are all created and perpetuated by the socioeconomic system. Various poverty statistics are shown that suggest a progressive worsening of world culture. According to the ], currently 18,000 children a day die from starvation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-02-17-un-hunger_x.htm |title=18,000 children die every day of hunger, U.N. says |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=2007-02-17 |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> Also according to the UN, global poverty rates have doubled since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|author=Agence France-Presse |url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/25/global-poverty-doubled-1970s/ |title=Global poverty doubled since 1970s: UN |publisher=The Raw Story |date=2010-11-25 |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> | |||
| The movie closes with a standoff between protesters on the streets of ] in New York City facing off against police in riot gear while in the midst of global economic depression. People withdraw trillions of dollars from the world’s central banks, then dump the money at the doors of the banks. | |||
| ==Interviewees== | |||
| {{Div col|3}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * Jeremy J. Gilbert | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * Roxanne Meadows | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| {{Div col end}} | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| A review in the monthly publication '']'' commented on several aspects of the film. Regarding its production values they stated that the film had a "well rounded feel." In terms of content they criticized the "shaky economic analysis" contained in the second part of the film and noted that ] had already undertaken a more scientific and thorough critique of capitalism. They went on to state that, "despite these false beginnings the analysis is at least on the right track." Regarding transition to the new system proposed in the film, the review critically noted that in the film "there is no mention of how to get from here to there."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/mar11/film_review.html |title=Film Review | The Socialist Party of Great Britain |publisher=Worldsocialism.org |date= |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> | |||
| Fouad Al-Noor in '']'' said that the film has more of a focus on solutions than the previous film. Calling it a modern phenomenon, he noted that while there are controversial elements, he challenged those using labels to describe the film to watch the films first.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wessexscene.co.uk/politics/2011/02/06/zeitgeist-moving-forward-review/ |title=Zeitgeist: Moving Forward Review |first= Fouad | last= Al-Noor|date=6 February 2011 |newspaper=] |accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref> | |||
| In her article on the Zeitgeist Movement, published in '']'', ] felt that the film was "silly enough that at times suspected it was satire about new-age techno-utopianism instead of an example of it", but noted the large following of the movement that produced the film, saying "it even seems like the world's first Internet-based cult, with members who parrot the party line with cheerful, rote fidelity".<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoffman |first=Allison |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/57732/brave-new-world/ |title=Brave New World - by Michelle Goldberg - Tablet Magazine – Jewish News and Politics, Jewish Arts and Culture, Jewish Life and Religion |publisher=Tabletmag.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * '']'' | |||
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| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * {{Official website|http://www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com/}} | |||
| * {{IMDb title|1781069}} | |||
| {{Peter Joseph}} | |||
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