Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Rights, & the Film, Gather
06/09/20 • 46 min
Today we are talking with our friend, Sanjay Rawal, about his new film, Gather. Sanjay is a fantastic story teller and a maker of films that might seem to have a pretty specific focus, but actually have wide-ranging applicability and relevance.
And this is most definitely true of his latest film, Gather, which Sanjay directed, and Renan Ozturk served as the cinematographer.
Gather tells the story of the growing food sovereignty movement among Native American tribes across the U.S. — which is a historical and a current cultural development that I suspect too many of us know too little about. I promise that this film will make you re-evaluate your own relationship to food and land and a lot of other things.
Gather can be found here and viewed online this Thursday, June 11th through June 20th, and you can get news about the film and future releases on social media @gatherfilm.
Other podcast conversations we’ve had with Sanjay and Renan Ozturk:
- Sanjay Rawal, Off The Couch, ep. 2
- Sanjay Rawal, Off The Couch, ep. 33
- Renan Ozturk, Blister Podcast, ep. 70
TOPICS & TIMES
- What is Gather about? (2:47)
- Sanjay’s other films (5:33)
- How did you get involved with this story? (7:22)
- The broader relevance of Gather (15:50)
- Urban farming & other food systems (23:27)
- How Gather is shifting perspectives (27:46)
- Protest & “appropriate” forms of protest (32:01)
- What’s your ideal outcome from this film? (42:53)
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Today we are talking with our friend, Sanjay Rawal, about his new film, Gather. Sanjay is a fantastic story teller and a maker of films that might seem to have a pretty specific focus, but actually have wide-ranging applicability and relevance.
And this is most definitely true of his latest film, Gather, which Sanjay directed, and Renan Ozturk served as the cinematographer.
Gather tells the story of the growing food sovereignty movement among Native American tribes across the U.S. — which is a historical and a current cultural development that I suspect too many of us know too little about. I promise that this film will make you re-evaluate your own relationship to food and land and a lot of other things.
Gather can be found here and viewed online this Thursday, June 11th through June 20th, and you can get news about the film and future releases on social media @gatherfilm.
Other podcast conversations we’ve had with Sanjay and Renan Ozturk:
- Sanjay Rawal, Off The Couch, ep. 2
- Sanjay Rawal, Off The Couch, ep. 33
- Renan Ozturk, Blister Podcast, ep. 70
TOPICS & TIMES
- What is Gather about? (2:47)
- Sanjay’s other films (5:33)
- How did you get involved with this story? (7:22)
- The broader relevance of Gather (15:50)
- Urban farming & other food systems (23:27)
- How Gather is shifting perspectives (27:46)
- Protest & “appropriate” forms of protest (32:01)
- What’s your ideal outcome from this film? (42:53)
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Previous Episode
How to Recreate Responsibly in the Time of COVID
As a number of locations are beginning to relax travel restrictions and are able to welcome visitors back, we wanted to discuss some important reminders and best practices for recreating responsibly in this time of COVID.
If you do not have time to listen to the full conversation, then we strongly encourage you to check out the show notes to this episode to ensure that you are up-to-date on state and local ordinances.
So let’s all commit to doing things the right way, setting a good example, and not making our current situation harder on our local communities or the communities we might visit.
IMPORTANT LINKS:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/travel-in-the-us.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/visitors.html
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map
https://gunnisoncrestedbutte.com/
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Recreating Responsibly (5:53)
- Trail Etiquette (9:02)
- Camping Etiquette (12:37)
- Parking Lot Etiquette (14:53)
- Constant Mindfulness + An Analogy (15:47)
- Final Thoughts & Recommendations (18:36)
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Next Episode
Bees, Green Lawns, “Perfect” Apples, & the Reinvention of Farming
Last week on the show we talked to Sanjay Rawal about his new film, Gather, which examines the growing food sovereignty movement among Native American tribes across the United States.
And this week, we are talking about why and how we need to re-invent the way that food is being grown and farmed, and the critical role that bees play in all of this.
Our guests are Peter Nelson and Sally Roy who have made the film, The Pollinators, which tells the fascinating story of bees and beekeeping and soil and farming practices and pesticides and the EPA and almonds and why the perfect apple is not the perfect apple, and why we need to change the way we produce food — literally from the ground up — and what each of us can do to help the cause.
The Pollinators comes out tomorrow, June 16, on most digital platforms, including iTunes / AppleTV, amazon, GooglePlay, VimeoOnDemand.
TOPICS & TIMES
- Peter & Sally’s background (2:57)
- What is The Pollinators about? (5:48)
- Why are bees so important? (7:27)
- The process of pollination (10:39)
- Why are bees being moved around the country? (13:37)
- Why are bees dying? (19:54)
- Seasonality (23:47)
- Pesticides (30:08)
- What can each of us do? (37:20)
- What systemic changes need to happen? (44:21)
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