Online Premiere of ‘Closer to Home’ and Webinar with Voices from the Film

We’re excited to announce the premiere of our new short-film ‘Closer to Home’ on World Localization Day, June 21. This 35-minute film, produced by Local Futures and Cyrus Sutton, is a united call for a new economy, delivered by those who have committed their lives to working for systemic change. Narrated by actor Nathalie Kelley, the film features strong voices for localization, including Vandana Shiva, John Perkins, Rutendo Ngara, Charles Eisenstein, Iain McGilchrist, Morag Gamble, Bayo Akomolafe, and many more.

Watch the trailer here.

‘Closer to Home’ will be screened in three different timezones. Each screening will be followed by a live webinar with voices from the film. The three events will be held online via Zoom and are free of charge.

Find the timezones and confirmed speakers below:

* 7 pm – Sydney – June 21 with:
Satish Kumar – founder Resurgence Magazine and Schumacher College (UK)
Morag Gamble – founder Permaculture Education Institute (Australia)
Helena Norberg-Hodge – author, director Local Futures (UK/ Australia)

* 7 pm – London – June 21 with:
Manish Jain – co-founder Shikshantar and the global Ecoversities Alliance (India)
Jeremy Lent – founder Deep Transformation Network (USA)
Rutendo Ngara – scholar, co-founder Ancient Wisdom Africa (South Africa)
John Perkins – economist, whistleblower, author (USA)

* 7 pm – New York – June 21 with:
Darcia Narvaez – Professor Emerita of Psychology, writer on moral development and human flourishing (USA)
Debra Efroymson – director Institute of Wellbeing Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
Michael Shuman – lawyer, economist, local finance expert (USA)

Event link:
The Zoom link will be provided via separate email before the start of the event. Please add ‘info@localfutures.org’ to your contacts, to prevent the email from being marked as spam. All webinars will be recorded and shared afterwards on the World Localization Day website.

Select your ticket and reserve a spot.

We hope to see you there!

Host your own film screening:
We encourage everyone to also host your own screening of ‘Closer to Home’ after its release. The YouTube link for the film will be available on our website soon: https://worldlocalizationday.org/ Find tips to hosting a film screening here: https://worldlocalizationday.org/host-film-screening/

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