PRESS RELEASE: PATRIMONIO on VOD & DVD 4/23

PATRIMONIO
A film by Lisa F. Jackson
& Sarah Teale

A multi-billion dollar American development is poised to engulf a small coastal community in Mexico with a mega hotel/housing complex. Tres Santos is marketed to affluent Americans as ‘mindful’ and ‘holistic’ but threatens the dwindling water supply and the beaches. Facing this existential threat, local fishermen and townspeople band together in an attempt to save their way of life and the delicate ecosystem on which they all depend.

This powerful, intimate documentary reveals how rampant, unsustainable development is destroying communities, ecosystems and long-held ways of life all over the world – and how it can be stopped.

"This expertly crafted film...captures the resolve of the people as they battle to protect their heritage, their patrimonio, their right to the water and the land."
-Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

"An essential and compelling film."
-Screen Anarchy

"A superb documentary...riveting...reveals in microcosm a growing global phenomenon."
-The Times Weekly

"A film that holds your attention and keeps it from first frame..one of DocNYC's most compelling films… Highly recommended."
-Unseen Films

A brilliant, eye-opening documentary...a stunning example of people reaffirming their rights and standing up to monetary interests."
-Electric Bento

“A stirring documentary...as gripping as any Hitchcock movie.”
-Louisproyect.org

{ Official Selection - DocNYC 2018 }
{ Official Selection - Full Frame 2018 }