The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties invites you to see the documentary "THE GRAB".
"THE GRAB" follows investigative journalists at The Center for Investigative Reporting as they uncover efforts to control food and water resources.
"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. From filmmaker, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, THE GRAB follows an investigative journalist who uncovers the money, influence, and rationale behind these efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet."
This documentary won the Best Documentary award at the San Diego International Film Festival.
Read more about the film, which is 1 hour and 44 minutes long, in
Wikipedia.
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:
- The purchase of arid land in Arizona by a Saudi company
- Russians hiring American cowboys to work in a region too cold for farmland
- 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.
All League members and their guests are welcome.
We look forward to seeing you there and we still recommend the use of masks for everyone's safety.
No registration is required, but space is limited. We ask that you RSVP by emailing us with your name and email address to lwvadc.defending.democracy at sign gmail dot com. Please let us know which League you belong to, if you are a member. And please specify THE GRAB on the email subject line.
Questions? Call LWV of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties at 720-468-0449 and leave a message