''One Peace at a Time'' is a film by Turk and Christy Pipkin. It was produced by The Nobelity Project and was premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, USA, on April 14, 2009. It is the sequel to the film '' Nobelity''. It has been shown in various countries.The Nobelity Project
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Summary

Building on his film, '' Nobelity'',

Turk Pipkin Turk Pipkin (born July 2, 1953) is an author, actor, comedian and director. He is also the co-founder of The Nobelity Project, a non-profit organisation which seeks to find solutions to global problems, and which advocates for basic rights for chi ...

continues his global journey of knowledge and action with ''One Peace at a Time''. While ''Nobelity'' dealt with global problems, ''One Peace at a Time'' focuses on specific solutions, directed toward providing basic rights to every child. Among the solutions Pipkin chronicles are the model Indian orphanages of

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, the family planning initiatives of Thailand’s

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and its founder,

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, Ethiopian water projects carried out by

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, and

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’s global challenge to design housing affordable for communities most in need in areas as diverse as the

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, the Amazon basin, and the slums of

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Screenings and awards

Won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary at the Maui Film Festival Premiered at the Arclight Cinema in

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, California. Shown at the Heartland Film Festival. Shown at the

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and

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as part of the

Haiti reconstruction fund. Shown at the 2009 Eugene International Film Festival

Appearances

The film stars

's long-time friend

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. It also features the insights of

Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance ...

, the first economist to win the

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Sugata Mitra Sugata Mitra (born 12 February 1952) is an Indian computer scientist and educational theorist. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment, and widely cited in works on literacy and education. He is Professor Emeritus at NIIT Univers ...

, instigator of the experiment known as ''Hole in the Wall'' or

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Cameron Sinclair Cameron Sinclair (born 16 November 1973) is a designer, writer and one of the pioneers in socially responsive architecture. He currently serves as pro bono executive director of Armory of Harmony, a US-based organization focused on smelting dow ...

, founder of

, Caroline Boudreaux founder of

, and Steve Chu, winner of the

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and former

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Production

With the 2006 film '' Nobelity'', The Nobelity Project turned a spotlight on some of the most pressing problems facing human populations. In an attempt to find and document some of the inspiring efforts underway to begin to meet these challenges, Turk Pipkin spent three years filming ''One Peace at a Time''. In the process, he traveled to five continents and 20 countries, once again interviewed Nobel Laureates, and worked with diverse organizations such as

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, and the

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*{{IMDb title, 1458956 2009 films 2009 documentary films 2000s English-language films