The Grab

Name: The Grab
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Released: 2022

Gabriela Cowperthwaite 2022

Quietly and out of sight, governments, private investors, and mercenaries are seizing food and water resources, threatening entire populations. These groups are positioning themselves as the new OPEC, with future world powers controlling food instead of oil. This issue is surfacing in real-time as global food prices hit an all-time high, inciting chaos and violence. Russia is weaponizing food against Ukraine and using it to wield global power. “THE GRAB” is a global thriller blending hard-hitting journalism from The Center for Investigative Reporting with the storytelling of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, revealing one of the world’s biggest and least known threats.

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Running Time:

104 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, Lela (C'lela), Russian, Ukrainian

Directors:

Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Producers:

Nathan Halverson, Amanda Pike, Blye Faust, Nicole Rocklin, Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Cinematographers:

Jonathan Ingalls

Editors:

Davis Coombe

Production Companies:

Center for Investigative Reporting Studios, Impact Partners, Rocklin/Faust | Magnolia Pictures, Participant

Investigative Journalism

Press

RogerEbert.com

This is the “holy s$&t” documentary of the year

Brian Tallerico
Variety

Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s astonishing, eye-opening doc… unspools like a thriller in one sense and a dystopian science fiction movie in another.

Peter Debruge
Hollywood Reporter

The Grab [is] in the same general sphere as something like All the President’s Men or Spotlight, as simultaneous examinations of big, landscape-shifting stories and the necessary
journey to cast light into the darkness.

Dan Fienberg
FirstShowing.net

It's the next major doc that can change the entire conversation just like An Inconvenient Truth did.

Alex Billington
Los Angeles Times

A documentary paced like a sleek, complex international thriller, where nothing less than the future of the world is at stake.

Mark Olsen
The Gurdian

“The hope with the film is that we’ve connected together the pieces so that people can see the problem,” and with good information now in hand, we can all begin to work and put together a world that we all want to live in.”

Adrian Horton

Festival Participation

Toronto International Film Festival - 2022
Nominee - People's Choice Award Documentary
Mill Valley Film Festival - 2022
Winner - Audience Award Best Documentary
Sonoma Film Festival - 2023
Winner - Grand Jury Award Best Documentary
Sedona International Film Festival - 2023
Winner - Best Investigative Documentary
Mountain Film Festival Telluride - 2023
Winner - Audience Choice Award
Mountain Film Festival Telluride - 2023
Winner - Moving Mountains Award
Salem Film Fest, US - 2023
Winner - Audience Award Best Documentary
BendFilm Festival - 2023
Winner - Best Outdoor/Environmental Feature Film
BendFilm Festival - 2023
Winner - Audience Award Best Feature Film
San Diego International Film Festival - 2023
Winner - Grand Jury Award Best Documentary
Philadelphia Film Festival - 2022
Winner - Honorable Mention Truth to Power

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