“Charityworker, writer, filmmaker keen to explore global crisis/transition, Ageless Wisdom, whether a World Teacher could emerge at this time”
Graham Peebles is an independent writer, documentary filmmaker, and charity worker based in London. His essays on geopolitics, environment, social justice, education, and spirituality are widely published across leading independent media outlets.
In 2005 he set up a UK charity (The Create Trust), running educational projects for marginalised children and women in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Palestine, and India. He has made two short documentaries, most recently the award-winning We're Still Breathing: Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia.
His current film, At The Turning (due Autumn 2026), suggests we are living through a period of profound crisis – a transitional juncture marked by wars, division, environmental breakdown, and deepening inequality. At The Turning highlights the longing for a new way of living and explores the idea that Maitreya – the World Teacher expected across many traditions – has returned to the everyday world.
Graham draws on four decades of meditation and study of Eastern philosophy: Advaita Vedanta, Ramana Maharshi, the Ageless Wisdom teachings, Alice Bailey, Benjamin Creme, and J. Krishnamurti, among others.
Sample Questions
1. What motivated you to make At The Turning?
2. Has your charity work influenced your filmmaking?
3. Is there a connection between the current crises and the coming of a World Teacher?
4. How do you see the relationship between social justice and spirituality?
5. How has your study of Eastern philosophy shaped your worldview and your work?
6. What do you hope viewers take away from the film?
7. What gives you hope?
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The Create Trust is a UK registered charity, number 1115157 Mission Statement: Enable fundamental change in the lives of acutely disadvantaged women and children, through education, creative t…
The way forward is to realize "Unity is essential, it is the most precious ingredient in the creation of systemic change, in building social justice & establishing...
Follow-up conversation to our previous interview: A breakdown in humanity's political, social and economic fabric. And "Underlying all of these expressions of global disharmony is the most significant crisis of all and the cause of the chaos – the crisis of consciousness in humanity." The way forward is to realize "Unity is essential, it is the most precious ingredient in the creation of systemic change, in building social justice and establishing...a healthy world at ease with itself."
