The world is crumbling in ‘The History of Concrete’

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By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyOct 19, 2026, 4:45 am107 ptsTrending
It’s the second-most used material on Earth, it’s an environmental disaster, and it’s falling apart all around us. Meet concrete, the subject of a new feature-length documentary by John Wilson, a filmmaker with a knack for finding laugh-out-loud absurdity in the mundane. The History of Concrete stitches…

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