Drive

To many of us, the idea of driverless cars is a sort of vague, partial future vision. We've heard the rumours, but so far haven't noticed anything truly new on our streets. The reality is, the autonomous movement is coming up fast. Like so many changes on a grand scale it will be gradual at first ... then all of a sudden, whether we're ready or not.

Advocates promise a more convenient, safer and cleaner world. There are quirks to work out still, but this new form of AI, we're told, will revolutionize our lives on the scale of the television, the smart phone even the internet itself. It all sounds quite amazing really, and hard to argue with; no one wants more traffic jams, car crashes or pollution.

What has been completely absent so far is any discussion of what, exactly, we will be giving up? Enter Drive, the documentary. At the heart of our film we ask: how and why does driving matter to people, and to society? How has it contributed to our life experience? Our sense of self? And what happens to us if we no longer get behind the wheel of a car, and actually drive it.