Gabriela Cowperthwaite/2024/102 Min/Conservation, Economics , Sustainability
Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.
“It’s a testament to the precision with which The Grab delivers each new piece of information that we never feel lost, even as the web of connections sprawls out over the globe.” - Ross McIndoe
“Produced in association with the Center for Investigative Reporting, “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s astonishing, eye-opening doc hits us with the idea that the next world war won’t be fought over ideology, oil or border disputes, but basic resources like meat, wheat and water, none of which should be taken for granted.” - Peter Debruge
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Film Description: The film outlines a global warming reaction by several nation states, where the powerful use force, economics and illegal mercenaries to take control of food and water stocks. The narrative begins with the 2014 purchase of US-based Smithfield Foods by Chinese WH Group, which the filmmakers say gave away control of a quarter of all pigs in the US. It then follows other hard-to-explain deals, such as the purchase of arid land in Arizona by a Saudi company. Russians hiring American cowboys to work in a region too cold for farmland. And Blackwater deals to secure land in Africa. All these strange commercial arrangements are linked by "following the money", a phrase heard several times in the film, which identifies connections between governments, commercial enterprises and legal and illegal military actors such as mercenary companies. The filmmakers ultimately draw the conclusion that it is all planned responses to changes stemming from climate change. Winner of: 2023 San Diego International Film Festival: Best Documentary /2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival: Best Documentary /2023 Sedona International Film Festival: Best Investigative Documentary
We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers Honorable Mention films Foundation by Jack Hinz.
Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.