"If you want to change society for the better, you have to think of yourself as a grain of sand working against the surface of a sharp stone. The process transforming that stone into a smooth, rounded pebble is the work of generations. Only those who understand this will have the patience to make a difference."
21st Paradigm is a way of thinking for the 21st century that respects the intrinsic value of all life. That is, the right of other life forms to exist free from exploitation, needless suffering and wrongful death. Not only the pretty birds but also the predators and reptiles, insects, the ugly, the unloved have a right to be left in peace, to exist not for the entertainment, health, sustenance and instruction of people, but for their own sake, regardless of their instrumental value to humans. This is the ethos behind all the independent films produced under the 21st Paradigm banner.
