DOCUMENTARY PROJECT · INNER CHANGE
A living collection of 173 documentary interviews, 76 contemplative meditations and 9 short films & musical pieces exploring peace within oneself, peace with others, and peace with nature.
THREE DIMENSIONS OF PEACE
How can we nurture deep inner transformation while working concretely for a more just, reconciled and sustainable world? From South Africa to Palestine, from Australia to Europe, 37 peacemakers, thinkers, therapists and artists share their journey.
Focused, intimate 2-to-6-minute conversations across 40 essential themes: forgiveness, justice, spirituality, ecology, resilience and deep listening.
Guided meditations and silent nature contemplations led by voices such as Laurence Freeman, Cécile Barbeito, Shane Claiborne and Dave Andrews.
Poetic short films and musical performances recorded from the Chernobyl exclusion zone to the landscapes of Switzerland and Africa.
A curated selection of conversations to begin your journey.
Take a moment for silence, breath, and inner listening.
A timelapse during the winter time in Switzerland. Foggy clouds are moving, the sun is rising as if it was giving birth to a new of way.
I was trying to illustrate dualism in a simple way while I was in Iceland. Then we found that place by chance and it made sense: in the middle of this canyon, a…
A quite stream in the Swiss Alps with different flowers and colors. A simple way of showing the beauty of life.
A dance filmed in Iceland on a bridge.
A timelapse of a ship sailing into the ocean with different clouds and waves. And yet this ship keeps on going with a strength not so far from what it takes to …
A drone shot of the Duga radar built in the Chernobyl Area. This radar was used to spy on the West during the Cold War. It's a huge metal steal construction and…
37 speakers interviewed across the world.
Dave is particularly interested in radical spirituality, incarnational community and the dynamics of personal and social transformation.
We can't wait for someone to come and liberate us or give us a state; we need to fight to achieve such things. The method we use is nonviolence, because nonviol…
40 foundational themes weaving through the interviews and meditations.
Explore 10 interviews and conversations on the theme of "activism".
Explore 1 interviews and conversations on the theme of "addicted".
Explore 7 interviews and conversations on the theme of "anger".
Explore 8 interviews and conversations on the theme of "awake".
Explore 2 interviews and conversations on the theme of "beatitude".
Explore 32 interviews and conversations on the theme of "change".
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Initiated by Swiss filmmaker Philippe Kiener, this documentary project grew out of a simple question: how does our inner transformation nurture our capacity to bring positive change to the world?
Rather than a single linear film, Art in Us (Inner Change) was crafted as a living mosaic where everyone can journey at their own pace — offered freely in the spirit of the Gift Economy.
All interviews, meditations and films are freely accessible under a Creative Commons license.