This thriller combines hard-hitting journalism from The Center for Investigative Reporting with compelling character-driven storytelling. It takes viewers around the globe from Arizona to Zambia to reveal one of the world’s biggest and least known threats: governments, private investors, and mercenaries working to seize food and water resources at the expense of entire populations.
Screening on Thursday, March 6 at 6:30pm
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Filmmaker: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Running Time: 104 mins
Language: English and some translated Russian, Ukrainian, and Lala
Type: Invited Feature
Gabriela Cowperthwaite has been directing both documentaries and narrative films for more than 20 years, rising to prominence with the 2013 release of Blackfish, which examined the plight of orcas and their trainers at SeaWorld. Blackfish quickly became one of the highest grossing documentaries of all time, amassing more than a million viewers worldwide and helping to permanently change the captive orca industry.
