All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary

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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary

The use of vegetational concepts role in the rise of the machines, our belief in the balance of nature, and how the idea of the ecosystem was invented.

Director

Adam Curtis

Writer

Adam Curtis (written by)

Producer

Lucy Kelsall

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Updated May 30, 2011

Release date

May 30, 2011 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Adam Curtis Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	The Power of Nightmares (2004)
Peder Anker Self - Historian of Ecology Self - Historian of Ecology See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Tord Björk Self - Environmental Activist Self - Environmental Activist See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Sam Bledsoe Self - Grasslands Project (as Dr Sam Bledsoe) Self - Grasslands Project (as Dr Sam Bledsoe) See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Daniel Botkin Self - Ecologist (as Dr Daniel Botkin) Self - Ecologist (as Dr Daniel Botkin) See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Stewart Brand Self Self See fewer	Pandora's Promise (2013)
Richard Brautigan Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Willard and his Bowling Trophies
Jay Forrester Self - Systems Theorist Self - Systems Theorist See fewer	Last Call (2014)
Buckminster Fuller Self (archive footage) (as R. Buckminster Fuller) Self (archive footage) (as R. Buckminster Fuller) See fewer	'Kukan': The Battle Cry of China (1941)
Randall Gibson Self - Former Member of Synergia Commune Self - Former Member of Synergia Commune See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Al Gore Self - Former Vice-President of the United States Self - Former Vice-President of the United States See fewer	An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Molly Hollenbach Self - Former Member of The Family Commune Self - Former Member of The Family Commune See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Alexander King Self - Co-founder of the Club of Rome (archive footage) Self - Co-founder of the Club of Rome (archive footage) See fewer
Steward Pickett Self - Ecologist (as Dr Steward Pickett) Self - Ecologist (as Dr Steward Pickett) See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Jan Smuts Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Biography (1987)
Dave Swift Self - Grasslands Project (as Dr Dave Swift) Self - Grasslands Project (as Dr Dave Swift) See fewer	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Peter J. Taylor Self - Historian of Science Self - Historian of Science See fewer	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Fred Turner Self - Cybernetics Theorist Self - Cybernetics Theorist See fewer	You Say You Want a Revolution (2019)