The Mexican government has unveiled an ambitious plan to build a huge, state-of-the-art new airport outside of Mexico City. Seen as a way to encourage international investment, the plan will also destroy enormous tracts of communal farmland in the areas where the airport and adjoining tourist facilities are to be built. At least five towns and tens of thousands of their inhabitants will be affected. In the case of the town of San Salvador Atenco, 95% of the community’s land would be seized. Yet the people of Atenco have made it clear that they refuse to accept this indignity, and have taken to the streets in protest. This documentary chronicles the first six months of resistance, as Atenco residents organize marches, pen protest songs, and curse the 2000 elections that brought President Vicente Fox to power. A textbook case of neo-liberal policy taking precedent over democracy, the conflict is also an inspirational example of popular organizing against the more nefarious elements of globalization.
¡Tierra Si, Aviones No! (Land Yes, Airplanes No!)
Adan Xicotencatl (co-director)
Constantino Miranda (co-director)
Greg Berger (producer/editor)
BETACAM SP
Mexico 2002, 26 MINUTES.
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