Collapse: Based on the Book by Jared Diamond

This two-hour documentary special for National Geographic Television is an adaptation of Pulitzer-Prize winning author Jared Diamond’s book, “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” Here’s National Geographic’s synopsis:

Over the 20th and 21st centuries, the rise of our civilization has seemed unstoppable. But could our modern, industrialized civilization fall apart like great ancient ones before us? Two hundred years from now, will scientists find evidence that we followed a recipe for disaster similar to that of the Maya or the Romans? To understand a collapse, imagine it has already happened. National Geographic reveals a vivid look into the future to our descendants in the year 2210 as they set out on a scientific expedition to figure out what brought us down. A water crisis? Lack of energy sources? Dust storm or global warming?

I worked on the production in a variety of capacities: as a researcher, production coordinator, location sound recordist, second-camera operator, and assistant AVID editor. The show aired in the fall of 2010.