The Future Is Now!

A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?

Paul Ahmarani

Man Of Today

Liane Balaban

Woman Of Tomorrow

Alain de Botton

The Philosopher

Shigeru Ban

The Architect

Christian Bök

The Poet

Marlene Dumas

The Artist

Frances Dupuis-Déri

The Anarchist

Rivka Galchen

The Author

Richard Dawkins

The Scientist

J. Craig Venter

The Scientist

Jean-Paul Sartre

The Existentialist

Dan Beirne

Young Man

Elysa Chan

Receptionist

Vanessa Matsui

Grad Student Activist

• Gary BurnsDirector · Writer
• Jim BrownDirector · Writer
• Shirley VercruysseProducer
• George BaptistProducer
• Bonnie ThompsonProducer
• Patrick McLaughlinDirector of Photography
• John AbramOriginal Music Composer
• Paul MortimerEditor
• Rhonda FisekciCasting

Release date

June 24, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 31m