Trading Cities
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2h 18m
Dir. Pedro Pinho, Luísa Homem - 2014 - Portugal - Language: Creole - Subtitles available in: English, French, Portuguese
In 2008, the growing tourism industry of Cape Verde was frozen. The building of many hotels and resorts by foreigner companies had to be stopped due to a shortage of sand. The sand industry, primary resource for the production of concrete, had reached a dramatic level, endangering the beaches. This event caused a huge euphoria among the businessmen of Mauritania. A great number of trucks started to flow to the Nouakchott port, where many boats sail out to feed the tourist constructions in Cape Verde. Trading Cities starts in Lisbon on a cargo ship. We will undertake an Atlantic route that re-enacts these daily travels, in order to highlight the physical and social transformations in the landscape that these exchanges produce.
Presented as part of our Terratreme collection: https://truestory.vhx.tv/terratreme
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