Aug 15, 2019
3100 Race Facts:
Held annually.
1 x sidewalk block (0.56 miles)
Queens, NYC
Requires 59 miles a day
52 straight days over Summer.
Promises personal expansion and discovery a deeper sense of self.
The act of running to transform oneself is as old as time. Ancient man and woman ran not just for survival, but to connect with Nature and the Divine. The film also explores the historic and current relationship between running and spirituality through intimate visits with the Marathon Monks of Japan’s Mt. Hiei; the persistence hunters of Africa’s Kalahari tribe; and Arizona’s Navajo Nation. Enjoy!
His first feature, Food Chains (2014), premiered at the 2014
Berlinale and then screened at Tribeca before securing domestic
distribution from Screen Media. The film was produced by Eva
Longoria and Eric Schlosser and narrated by Forest Whitaker.
It went on to screen in 1,100 more through its theatrical,
semi-theatrical & community screening tour.
A lifelong runner, Sanjay was happy to lose the pounds he gained
eating Mexican food in farmworker towns and take on a project about
running. His new film, 3100: Run and Become, opened in theaters in
fall 2018.