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‘What
is humanity?’ In this revealing documentary, world experts in the
fields of Futurology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy
consider the impact of technological advances on the two certainties of
human life; Work and Death. Charting human developments from Homo
Habilis, past the Industrial Revolution, to the digital age and beyond,
THE FUTURE OF WORK AND DEATH looks at the shocking exponential rate at
which mankind has managed to create technologies to ease the process of
living.
As we embark on the next phase of our adaptation, with automation and
Artificial Intelligence signifying the complete move from man to
machine, this film asks what the implications are for the human
purposeful fulfilment, making money and ageless immortality. In its
combination of archival footage, infographics and interviews, directors
Sean Blacknell and Wayne Walsh’s debut feature gives us a provoking and
shockingly realistic look into the future of human life. With commentary
from author Will Self, futurist Techno-Philosopher Gray Scott, and
biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey, among a host of other
knowledgeable but endearingly eccentric experts in their fields, the
information presented and arguments made are profoundly insightful,
often astonishing and always engaging.