On Thursday, March 2nd, at the Emerson Center for Arts & Culture, Bozeman Doc Series presents the new film from award-winning director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, The Grab. The screening begins at 7pm.
Quietly and seemingly out of sight, governments, private investors and mercenaries are working to seize food and water resources at the expense of entire populations. These groups are establishing themselves as the new OPEC, where the future world powers will be those who control not oil, but food. And it’s all beginning to bubble to the surface in real time. Global food prices have hit an all-time high, threatening chaos and violence. Meanwhile, Russia is using food as a weapon against the Ukrainians, and as a geopolitical tool to wield global power.
The Grab is a global thriller combining hard-hitting journalism from The Center for Investigative Reporting with the compelling character-driven storytelling of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, taking you around the globe from Arizona to Zambia, to reveal one of the world’s biggest and least known threats.
The Grab world-premiered last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim.
“A documentary paced like a sleek, complex international thriller, where nothing less than the future of the world is at stake.” – The Los Angeles Times
“Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s astonishing, eye-opening doc … unspools like a thriller in one sense and a dystopian science fiction movie in another.” – Variety
“This is the “holy s$&t” documentary of the year.” – Rogerebert.com
A second screening will follow at 7pm on Saturday, March 26th. The title has yet to be announced. Visit the Doc Series website or find them on social media for updated event information.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets are available at the door or before the show at www.bozemandocseries.org, where you can also buy Season Passes and 7-film punch cards, learn more about the series, and view trailers for upcoming films. The series will continue through April. Masks are now optional in the theater. •
