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Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die! (2023)

Directed by Mike Christie

Documentary · 1h 00m

As one of the highly provocative British art duo The Chapman Brothers, artist Jake Chapman is no stranger to challenging his audience. In this new film, he poses the question, “why is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism?” Perhaps the answer is ‘Accelerationism’, which emerged 50 years ago and predicted the reality we’re now living: A frenzied stasis of rapid technological advancement coupled with cultural and political stagnation. Capitalism – Accelerationism claims – is breaking down our society, our humanity, and our planet. But the only way forward is not to run from it, but to dive deeper into it. Regardless of where that takes us… As befitting for an artist as visual and extreme as Jake Chapman, this film is also part-artwork – playfully and uncompromisingly distorting the idea of how a documentary should look and feel.

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Cast

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Jake Chapman Self
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Matt Colquhoun Self Will Self Self Jeanette Winterson Self
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Anab Jain Self
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Jon Ardern Self
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Alex Williams Self
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Pete Wolfendale Self
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Beth Singler Self
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Amy Ireland Self
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Isabel Millar Self
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Tim Crosland Self

Crew

Director
Mike Christie
Writer
Jake Chapman, Paul Cooke
Director of Photography
Craig Hastings
Editor
Nick Dunn
Producer
Greg Sanderson, Paul Cooke

Details

Release date
2023-07-11
Runtime
1h 00m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Supercollider