''The Grab'' is an 2022 American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed and produced by

Gabriela Cowperthwaite Gabriela Cowperthwaite (born 1971) is an American/Brazilian filmmaker. She has directed documentaries and feature films, and she also produces, edits, writes, and directs for television and documentary films. Her films often deal with social, cultu ...

. It follows investigative journalists at

The Center for Investigative Reporting The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization based in Emeryville, California. It was founded in 1977 as the nation’s first nonprofit investigative journalism organization, and has since grown into a multi-plat ...

as they uncover efforts to control the most vital resources on earth.

Plot

It follows investigative journalists at

as they uncover efforts to control the most vital resources on earth.

Production

spent six years working on the film, after journalist Nathan Halverson reported on

Smithfield Foods Smithfield Foods, Inc., is an American pork producer and food-processing company based in Smithfield, Virginia, in the United States, and an independent subsidiary of WH Group. Founded in 1936 as the Smithfield Packing Company by Joseph W. Luter ...

. Cowperthwaite was initially asked if the investigative process behind Halverson's articles would make a good film. Due to the sensitive material of the subject, the production team did doing diagnostics on computers, not talking in rooms with windows, and not talking about the film at all. They also used encrypted servers and hand-delivered all footage.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the

2022 Toronto International Film Festival The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the 47th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, is scheduled to be held from September 8 to 18, 2022. Festival organizers have indicated that the 2022 festival will be staged primar ...

on September 8, 2022. It also screened at DOC NYC on November 13, 2022.

Reception

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grab, The 2022 films 2022 documentary films 2020s American films 2020s English-language films American documentary films Documentary films about agriculture Films directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite Films scored by Jeff Beal