The Ants and the Grasshopper
Hosted by Global South Studies at UC San Diego
Virtual
When
May 5, 3:45 PM PDT
Price
Free Screening
Available in
Worldwide except American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S., Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, Virgin Islands, British, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Niue
The Ants and the Grasshopper Film Screening with Live Q&A from Raj Patel
The film is a piercing take on our food production systems, climate justice, race, and gender, spanning Southeastern Africa and the United States.
The screening will be followed by Q&A with director Raj Patel, award-winning author, film-maker and research professor at University of Texas-Austin. In addition to his writings in The Guardian, New York Times, Times of India, and Los Angeles Times, Patel has published several books, including Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and, most recently with Rupa Marya, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.
Timeline:
3:30PM Introductions
3:45PM Film Screening
5:00PM Live Q&A with Raj Patel
This event is hosted by the Global South Studies Program, in partnership with The Environmental Systems Program (ESYS), Science Studies, Institute of Arts and Humanities, and the Green New Deal at UC San Diego.
Event Participants
Raj Patel
Award-winning author & filmmaker.
About the film
How do you change someone's mind about the most important thing in the world? Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can change farmers' minds about what to grow, she can change what people love to eat, and she can even persuade men to fight for gender equality. Now, to save her home in Malawi from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 14m
Released
2021
Director
Raj Patel, Zak Piper
Producer
Raj Patel, Peter Mazunda, Zak Piper, Rachel Wexler
Crew
Anita Chitaya