Work in Progress, Directed by Claudia Zamora- Valencia
When the Mexican government bans turtle fishing, a slaughterhouse on the Oaxacan coast is forced to close, and people from the region must find other ways to make a living. New ideas about nature and conservation blend with a gradually widening market for tourism, altering the relationships between communities, public institutions, private investments, and the natural resources at their disposal. Focusing on the construction of memory, “The Lure” is an essay film that traces the ethnographic documentation of this historical process, examining how access and control over resources continue to shape the region’s development.
