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Directed by Sanjay Rawal, Gather is a documentary Executive Produced by Jason Momoa about the intimate portrait of a growing movement amongst Indigenous Americans to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities through obtaining sovereignty over their ancestral food systems, while battling against the historical trauma brought on by centuries of genocide.

The documentary follows the individual stories of several natives on the frontlines of this movement to reconnect with their spiritual and cultural identities. From an indigenous chef who embarks on an ambitious project to reclaim ancient food ways on the Apache reservation; a gifted Lakota high school student, raised on a buffalo ranch proving her tribes native wisdom through her passion for science; and a group of young men of the Yurok tribe in Northern California who are struggling to keep their culture alive and rehabilitate the habitat of their sacred salmon. All these stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of ancient food ways is a means forward for native Americans to bring back health and vitality to their people and communities.

We spoke with Rawal about the documentary and the impact it had not only him but to present these cultural struggles of a neglected indigenous peoples in the nation we have adopted as our homelands.

For more information about Gather visit their official website at: gather.film.

Follow Gather on Instagram @gatherfilm and Sanjay Rawal @mrsanjayr.