Welcome to Tejalpa, Mexico in the year 2000. It's one weird and dislocated place! This ancient Indian town has kept many of its traditions alive, including the fiesta celebrated each year on October 18th. On this day the very best of the year's agricultural harvest is offered to the spirits of the town's main spring and aquifier. The annual tradition survives despite a rapid process of suburban sprawl and less-than-responsible development, which pollutes the same water that is worshipped every year! Even the town's ecological reserve is not safe, invaded by landless squatters enticed by urban political bosses and unscrupulous developers.Using a mish mosh of aesthetics as diverse as the present day population of Tejalpa, the film demonstrates the clashes of modernity, tradition, communal stability, land disputes and ecological crisis that exist in the town of Tejalpa. It was produced with the help of various local civic organizations and NGOs and was made especially for the town's inhabitants, as a catalyst for debate on the town's future. But in this special version for international audiences, the film provides a bizarre visual perspective on the globalization debate, highlighting the real human cost of unregulated development

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Instution: $99.95
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