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United World Watch is a participatory platform designed to monitor the social and cultural impact of a worldview which incorporates the quest for deeper knowledge, dialogue and unity between individuals, groups and nations. Collating examples of such action and intention in reports and research documents, featuring examples of good practice, provides an increasingly effective resource for evaluation and dissemination of the United World proposal.

The treasure of the world

A walk through Umberto Eco’s extraordinary personal library, that becomes a journey in the thoughts of this philosopher and writer and a consideration on the beauty of a book and place as the preserving of these protect the world’s memory:...

Distant lights

‘Trieste is Beautiful at Night’, a moving documentary portraying the hopes and dreams, hardship, exhaustion and fear of Asian migrants along the Balkan route. In the distance, the twinkling lights of the city from which the film takes its name,...

Poetry against war

A film about war made of poetry: the power of imagination and the interior strength of the youth (and of the women) against the atrocity of the war conflict. A delicate yet intense Syrian film, capable of facing painful themes...

Peace: the paths of Pope Francis in his message for the 56th World Peace Day

On the 1st of January, the Catholic Church celebrates World Peace Day. Pope Francis invites the people and the nations to put again the word “together” in the center and points out the treasure of humanity in the human fraternity:...

Happy New Year!

By the hand of my brother

A thought on the beauty and the great value of fraternity through two recent films and a TV series: Tori and Lokita by the Dardenne Brothers; Spirited – the magic of Christmas by Sean Anders, and Everything asks for salvation...

Elections, social network and the ability to interact with who thinks differently

In times of algorithms, heated spirits and (symbolic and physical) political violence, is it still possible to promote spaces of dialogue and reflections on social network? This article comes from a personal experience. I returned in Brazil, my native country,...

Virginio, Sisa and their “home”

It is a simple story, the one narrated in the movie “Utama – The forgotten lands”, and yet filled with significance: it is the story of Virginio and Sisa, two Quechua farmers of the Bolivian highlands, through whom we can...

Fall of the Berlin Wall. Thomas’ point of view

On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Or rather, it did not fall, but more precisely it was dismantled, changing the fate of the world forever. What significance did that event have in a view of history that places...

Doorbell, a short film based on the theme domestic violence acts witnessed by children

Manuel Macadamia, a young Milanese director, narrates the trauma caused due to the violence witnessed by minors. He does so through a short animation, in collaboration with a group of psychologists. «Witnessed violence, the one that a child sees, even...

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