To publicize the dispossession caused by the mega works in the Yucatan Peninsula, the documentary “A Wound in the South” will be released on October 18. It is a feature film in which Indigenous communities and defenders share their experiences about the issue.
Roberto Sánchez, from Kanan Human Rights, indicated that this film exposes the havoc that agro-industrial projects and tourist developments have caused in communities in Quintana Roo and Yucatán, as well as the front that organized civil society has made against these works, through actions litigation and international incidence.
For her part, journalist Mariana Beltrán, who participated in the research process, commented that the documentary is the work of four years and visualizes the environmental challenge in communities such as Kimbilá, Izamal; Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo and Escárcega, in Campeche, where testimonies from the residents are exhibited.
Likewise, they explained that it is difficult to sustain a project without a budget, since, to make the film, they had to invest from their own pockets to bring the documentary afloat, even though they had financing from the Center for Justice and International Law, which gave them approximately 400 thousand pesos.
Not to give more details, both invited the society of the Peninsula to watch the documentary which will premiere on October 18th on digital platforms, in addition to an in-person screening at Local Chuburná, a venue located on 16th Street at the corner with 15th Street Chuburna, at 7 PM.
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