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Villa el Salvador, a Desert Dream (Short Version)
198923 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Robbie HartLuc CôtéJoël Bertomeu
Production: Luc CôtéRobbie Hart
Produced by ADOBE Foundations for the Canadian International Development Agency. For purchase, contact ADOBE Foundations.
Seventeen years ago, Villa El Salvador was an empty desert prairie stretching south of Lima, Peru--a forgotten land. Today it's the world's most remarkable and well-organized squatter settlement. A city that boasts a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, Peru's highest literacy rate and over 300 000 proud residents, people who have come in quest of the desert dream.
Subject categories
- Urbanism > Foreign CountriesHousing and Urban Planning in Developping Countries
- Developing Countries > South AmericaUrbanism
- Social Issues > Urban Life
Credits
- director
- Robbie Hart
- Luc Côté
- Joël Bertomeu
- producer
- Luc Côté
- Robbie Hart