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Release Date:
October 14, 2007
Original Title:
We Don't Play Golf Here
Alternate Titles:
We Don't Play Golf Here – and other stories of globalization
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 33
Much to the dismay of residents of Tepoztlan, Mexico, where they still speak the indigenous language of Nahual, foreign investors have brought globalization to their village - building factories, shopping malls, and, most egregiously, a golf resort with 1500 vacation chalets and a country club. The newly elected Tepoztlan mayor sneered: “We don’t play that sport here,” because, he explained, maintenance of a large golf course “would sap badly needed farming water; pesticides and chemical fertilizer to maintain the grass would pollute the town’s aquifers.”
Director:
Saul Landau
Director of Photography:
Sonia Angulo
Music:
Greg Landau
Producer:
Saul Landau
George McAlmon
Writer:
Saul Landau
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