Documentary Feature Film
Directed by Zak Piper and Raj Patel
Produced by Raj Patel, Zak Piper, Peter Mazunda, and Rachel Wexler
Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, she meets climate skeptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions shaping the US, from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, to the thinking that allows Americans to believe we live on a different planet from everyone else. It will take all her skill and experience to persuade us that we’re all in this together.
Non-Fiction / Branded Content
GroupM: Zoom Documentary Profiles (90 to 120 seconds each)
GroupM has 35,000 employees around the world, leading some to believe they are a faceless corporation. But the truth is that every employee represents a unique life experience, which brings an incredible diversity of perspectives to client challenges. As part of GroupM’s “Our Differences Make Us Stronger” campaign, Zak collaborated with the production company True Stories to create this series of mini docs to run on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Directed by Zak Piper & Jordan Olshansky
Produced by Zak Piper
Unity Dinners (34 min.)
A project created in collaboration with Kartemquin Films and Free Spirit Media in Chicago, who provided the crew of young people who filmed and recorded audio for the program with mentorship from Directors Gordon Quinn and Zak Piper, Unity Dinners follows the efforts by two community groups working in Chicago's westside Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods to bring Black and brown people together to create experiences and build community through food.
Directed by Zak Piper and Gordon Quinn
Produced by Zak Piper and Gordon Quinn
Additionally, Zak has directed content for GroupM affiliates Essence, Mindshare, and Mediacom, along with clients such as US Fertility and Delix, among others. Zak is an occasional collaborator with the doc-style production company True Stories, based in San Francisco.