From robots to the rise of China, and fast food to feminism – each episode offers a visually stimulating fast-forward summary of social and scientific developments that have shaped the world as we know it.
Simultaneously ruthlessly distanced and heartfelt, the series serves up a refreshing validation of conflicting emotions in the wake of sudden, life-altering loss.
Each loosely interrelated episode sparks just enough intellectual curiosity to prompt perennial questions on ephemerality, the impact of technology, and human vulnerability.
This year’s Academy Award winner for best documentary feature, American Factory (now on Netflix), chronicles the ups and down of a Chinese industrial facility recently opened in the midwestern city of Dayton, Ohio. Offering