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About the film Purpose

The global multi-crisis is accelerating, it affects all aspects of our lives: democracy, climate, biodiversity, migration, justice, equality, institutions, farming … And yet, there is no mainstream debate about the issue at the core of many — if not all — of these problems: our economies. How they function, what they deliver and how they are designed is not really part of our public conversation. No one seems to be working on a viable political alternative. Or maybe some people are? And we have just not been paying attention?

The new documentary feature film “Purpose” asks the central question of our time: What is the purpose of our economies, and how can we change it? The film follows two individuals — Katherine Trebeck and Lorenzo Fioramonti — who develop ground-breaking political projects in order to shift our economic systems — away from endless GDP growth, towards what really matters for people and planet. They envision a world in which we no longer serve the economy, but the economy serves us.

“’Purpose’ may well have captured the start of a quiet revolution. Its story of perseverance is an inspiring one.”

— Michael Weatherhead

Co-Founder Wellbeing Economy Alliance