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Critical Mass is a 2012 documentary written, directed, produced, and narrated by Mike Freedman. It tells the story of the rodent experiments of Dr. John B. Calhoun, conducted at the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington D.C. during the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Calhoun placed the rats into enclosures where they were supplied with all physical necessities. As the rat population grew exponentially, disturbing behavioral parallels to the modern urban life of humans appeared.

More than twenty leading scientists, academics and authors were interviewed in five countries to provide a comprehensive overview of the present and future challenges in food, water and energy supplies for the human population as it heads for the 9 billion mark by 2050.

The film has screened at a variety of festivals around the world as well as Lincoln Centre and is currently negotiating distribution.

FEATURED EXPERTS
Jon Adams

Author of “The Rodent Experiments of John B. Calhoun”

Desmond Morris

Author of “The Naked Ape” and “The Human Zoo”

Bill Rees

Population Ecologist and co-inventor of the Ecological Footprint

Dennis Fox

Critical Psychologist

Joseph Tainter

Professor of Environment and Society, Utah State University Author of “The Collapse of Complex Societies”

Robert Engelman

President, The Worldwatch Institute

David Korten

Editor, “Yes!” magazine Author of “The Great Turning”

Colin Campbell

Petroleum Geologist

Paul C. Sutton

Professor of Geography, University of Denver

Robert Rapier

Author of “Power Plays”

Gary Marcus

Professor of Psychology, New York University

John Michael Greer

Author of “The Wealth of Nature”

Hans Rosling

Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute

Herman Daly

Former Senior Economist, World Bank

Martha Madison Campbell

Public Health Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley

Peter Gleick

Academician, International Water Academy

Jeannette Longﬁeld

Co-ordinator, Sustain Alliance for Better Food and Farming

Norman Borlaug

Winner, Nobel Peace Prize 1970

Mathis Wackernagel

President, Global Footprint Network

Fred Pearce

Author of “When The Rivers Run Dry”

Ann Cotton

President, CAMFED

Ian Lowe

President, Australian Conservation Foundation

Chris Goodall

Author of “How To Live A Low Carbon Life”

Hannes Kunz

President, Institute for Integrated Economic Research

Ben Dyson

Director, Positive Money

James Howard Kunstler

Author of “The Long Emergency”

Aminata Touré

Minister of Justice in the Government of Senegal

Ndola Prata

Scientiﬁc Director, Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability