On the websirte of Mediapart, Jean-Louis Legalery notes that after seeing the film “Demain”, viewers gave it a standing ovation, reminding him of the reaction to the film Z by Costa Gavras in 1979. On the release of his book, the journal Libération called Eric Dupin a “pilgrim of utopia”.
What is the relation between movements for food sovereignty and the global movement for a culture of peace? (Click here for a version of this article in French)
After viewing the film by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent and reading the book of Eric Dupin, we are confronted by the question: can we arrive at a new future by change from below, by the proliferation of individual initiatives? And finally, how should we explain the great attraction of “Demain”? But can they escape from pessimism? Can their experiences outweigh the destructive and reactionary forces of the world economic and political system? Two impressive sequences illustrate the problem, one at the beginning and one at the end of the film: the apocalyptic vision of the city of Detroit, abandoned since the collapse of the auto industry, and the financial crisis in Iceland, which got to the point that the civil society overthrew the country’s political class. “Demain”, meanwhile, wants to convince us that we can change the world by spreading many examples of experiences, both small and large. For this reason, the pioneers – and they are many – do not seem themselves to be a social movement. Is it not the case that his “pioneers”, like those of “Demain”, privilege above all a ‘culture of exemplary individuals”? “Each person doing something at his level” seems to be their credo, which is far from the search for a collective change, which would mean developing political institutions. He stresses that the diversity of initiatives does not by itself produce a coherent movement that can converge to a coordinated action and thereby produce change. His book explores the diversity and richness of initiatives and people who “explore, in a pragmatic way, other lifestyles, such as new ways of working.” It includes those who invest in shared housing, organic farming or alternative schools, those who share a great desire to escape, with varying degrees of radicalism, from the globalization of production and consumption.Īt the end of his account, Eric Dupin is ultimately pessimistic. It is the subject of the journalist Eric Dupin in his innovative book, “The pioneers: a voyage in France” (La Découverte, 2014). This willingness to explore initiatives that invent alternatives to the global system of production and consumerism is in the air. The film succeeds in showing that French society wants to escape from the present atmosphere of doom and gloom. Second, they show that these initiatives can be done now (food, energy, local economic processes, education and direct democracy) and, as such, they inspire action by showing what is already working.
First, they feature local initiatives around the world that show that it is possible, at different levels, to engage in the fight against climate change. This unusual success seems to be explained by two factors. An article by Bruno Maresca in the Huffington Post (translated by CPNN)ĭriven by popular acclaim – more than 700,000 cinema viewers in three months against 265,000 for The Titanic Syndrome Nicolas Hulot! – the film “Demain”, by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent, released at the time of COP21, received the trophy for best documentary in the 2016 Caesars.
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