A stunning animated flight through
a maze of ominous plinths opens this BookShort docu-drama
based on Thomas Homer-Dixon’s book
The Upside of Down, released by Knopf Canada.
The Upside of Down captures the urgency of our headlong rush
into global crisis, flashing through poignant film clips of
9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, referencing epidemics of disease
and wars fought over finite energy resources, crystallizing
the need for thinking with a “prospective mind.”
Then, in a brilliantly rendered and surprising transformation,
what initially seemed a dire journey becomes a perfect film
interpretation of Homer-Dixon’s ultimate message of
hope, renewal and survival in a future full of surprises.
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