Finding Hope in Small-Scale Change - Peter Sellars February 4, 2010

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/13/HOPE_2010_Crisis_Catharsis_Renewal

Stage director Peter Sellars relates the inspirational story of an ex-convict who started a home for women recently released from prison. He draws on this story to demonstrate the power of small-scale social change. "The hope is not coming from giant movements," he says.

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What do you hope for in 2010? When the Sydney Festival and ABC's Radio National posed that question to nine panelists, including a social justice activist, an indigenous leader, a university vice-chancellor who is also a priest, a Sudanese refugee and a recorder player, there were some very interesting answers.

Noel Pearson hopes a functional Australian republic will follow successful reconciliation. Yar Mayen hopes that her new life in Australia will be successful and peaceful. Millie Rooney hopes for a bumper crop of heirloom tomatoes. Get your hopes up: this event is full of ideas that will get you thinking about your future.

This event was filmed in the Angel Place Recital Hall, Sydney and was presented by the Sydney Festival and ABC Radio National, and is part of an ongoing Radio National project to get listeners to offer their hopes, fears and dreams for 2010. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Peter Sellars is an American theatre director, noted for his contemporary stagings of classical operas and plays. Sellars is professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, where he teaches Art as Social Action and Art as Moral Action.