Sanjay Rawal

From Food Chains to Food Sovereignty: A Reframing of the Food System

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About This Episode

This episode features documentary filmmaker Sanjay Rawal. Sanjay spent 15 years working on human rights campaigns globally. He also ran initiatives for acclaimed artists and philanthropists, one of whom encouraged him to start making films. Sanjay’s first documentary, FOOD CHAINS (2014), was produced by Eva Longoria and Eric Schlosser with narration by Forest Whitaker. The film won numerous awards, was released theatrically in 40 cities by Screen Media and was acquired by Netflix.Sanjay’s second effort took a sharp turn into non-traditional filmmaking. Applying narrative cinematic technique, Sanjay directed a sweeping expedition film. 3100: RUN AND BECOME was released theatrically in the US in 20 markets last fall. It is now opening theatrically internationally.Sanjay’s work has been supported by Ford, Bertha, BritDoc, Fledgling, 11thHour Project, NoVo, and the Omidyar Network. His work has won an assortment of honors include a James Beard Media Award


Sanjay’s latest documentary called Gather portrays the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. The actor Jason Momoa executive produced the film.