Politicians often invoke the idea of children or future generations when urging the importance of collective action with consequences that only emerge in the long term. Humans can show tremendous capacity as a species when facing a tragedy that stares them in the face. When needing to make immediate painful sacrifices to stave off those calamities, our capacity for relative empathy tends to shrivel. Oscar-winning documentarian Asif Kapadia arrives with a radical solution to this problem faced by a world in crisis.

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By now, you must know Academy Award, BAFTA, and Grammy-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia, known for “Senna,” “Diego Maradona,” and “Amy” about the late singer Amy Winehouse that won the Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. And his latest film, “2073,” sounds like it will test some boundaries.

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