This award-winning new documentary film “Saving Walden’s World” directed by former arms dealer, Jim Merkel, will be screened at the First Parish Church in Yarmouth, Maine, Tuesday, August 13 at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM for socializing and networking. Eight years in the making, Merkel journeyed around the world for research and filming. This uniquely personal film questions the possible dividends of women’s empowerment and rights, and offers hints to seductive solutions that are being taken globally to develop sustainable living and food solutions.

Sailor, filmmaker Jim Merkel and team will arrive for this screening by sailboat as part of 'Sailing for Sustainability.'

Other ports on this tour include:

July 28: Maine Outdoor Film Festival, Portland, ME
August 4: The Strand, Rockland, ME
August 11: Vacationland Film Festival, Biddeford, ME
August 13: First Parish Church, Yarmouth, ME
August 17: Harbor Theatre, Boothbay Harbor, ME
August 26: Alamo Theatre, Bucksport, ME
September 1: Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, ME
September 8: St. Andrews Film Society, St. Andrews, NB (By EV)
September 21-22: Summit of the Future, UN, New York City (By EV)

Go to www.savingwaldensworld.org for information on other events.

This tour will highlight the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the upcoming conference at the UN in NYC -- the Summit of the Future. Saving Walden’s World takes viewer to rarely seen societies that accomplished many sustainability goals decades ahead of the 2030 targets. Can the world eradicate poverty while making life better for women, the poor and the earth?

This project has a long life both in development and screenings, as it is now a featured selection in global film festivals, including the Puerto Aventuras International Film Festival (PAIFF), Love & Hope International Film Festival, in Barcelona, Spain, Crown Wood International Film Festival in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the Five Continents International Film Festival in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. This is a rare opportunity to meet the filmmaker and see why the film is garnering international attention.

Saving Walden’s World looks at what is working today and how these solutions can shape a better tomorrow. Director and writer Jim Merkel weaves a story that spans his early personal experience as a military subcontractor and his later studies of three countries where non-capitalist cultures thrive.

“As a former engineer working on weapons who went through a dramatic change in consciousness, his words have a special power.”— the late historian, Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

Entertaining & Enlightening

Whatever your perspective, Saving Walden’s World is a worthy cinematic journey. Jim Merkel and his talented team deliver an entertaining and enlightening story that includes a future with hope.

“This film will stir your heart.”—Vicki Robin, Author, Social Innovator

“Jim Merkel offers a special mix of practicality and idealism; a workable mix.”

—Bill McKibben, Climate Activist, Author