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Just Futures is a documentary that challenges conventional economic narratives, showcasing existing real-world solutions that are redefining prosperity, equity and sustainability – proving that a better future isn’t just possible, it’s already unfolding.

Synopsis

What it everything we’ve been told about how the economy works is wrong?

Just Futures brings to the forefront real-world solutions: worker-owned cooperatives, cities prioritizing climate resilience, corporations redefining success through social purpose, an expanding understanding of the commons, and communities reclaiming power through participatory democracy. These models demonstrate that a more just and sustainable economy isn’t just imaginable — it’s already in motion.

Rather than accepting rising inequality, social disenfranchisement, and environmental destruction as inevitable, Just Futures explores how today’s challenges can become opportunities for transformation. By questioning dominant economic narratives — such as endless growth and trickle-down benefits — the film highlights viable alternatives already in practice within Western economies.

Business leaders, innovators, and impact-driven investors have a powerful opportunity to help shape this economic transformation. Just Futures invites entrepreneurs and mission-aligned companies in – to join communities and civic leaders in co-creating a new economic vision that prioritizes equity, resilience, and long-term well-being.

Crucially, Just Futures also examines the impact of emerging technologies and AI – and whether they will be leveraged to further entrench inequality, or harnessed to build a more just economy. By amplifying the voices of those on the forefront of change, the film challenges the notion that capitalism’s trajectory is fixed – and demonstrates that a reimagining of our system is not only possible, but already happening.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Peter Hutchison — Director/Producer/Writer
Peter is an award-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, educator and activist. His critically-acclaimed films include Requiem for the American Dream (featuring Noam Chomsky),The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (featuring George Monbiot), The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz, Healing from Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation and Devil Put the Coal in the Ground. His books include the Sunday Times #1 bestselling The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, with George Monbiot (Penguin Books), and the NYTimes bestselling Requiem for the American Dream: 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power, with Noam Chomsky (Seven Stories Press). A sought-after commentator on issues of hate, racism and masculinity, he has appeared on NBC, CBS, PBS, NPR, FOX and The Minority Report. A frequent speaker at the invitation of colleges & universities, he holds an M.S. in Counseling Psychology.

Lucas Sabean — Director/Producer/Editor
Lucas Sabean is a Director, Producer & Editor whose output includes narrative & documentary features, commercial video, and a large body of experimental work. He directed, produced & edited the forthcoming The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, the award-winning Devil Put the Coal in the Ground, The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics, and Angry White Men: Masculinity in the Age of Trump, He produced & edited the SIMA award-winning Healing from Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation, as well as The Cure For Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz. Choreographer Paul Taylor has called his experimental films “superb – like poems made visible.” He has an MFA from Boston University in Film Production.

Andrew Wanliss-Orlebar — Co-Producer
Andrew is an accomplished sustainability leader – a multi-disciplinary systems thinker combining vision, strategy and a track record of delivering positive impact. Trusted, collaborative advisor to Fortune 500 C-suite across multiple sectors, he is an entrepreneurial change agent, devising and facilitating programs globally. Building and scaling partnerships to reimagine the impact of business, he works at the intersection of business model, product and culture, and is an advisor to social impact and low-carbon ventures.

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Contact

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