Nowhere else to live /
Mexico City, one of the largest and most densely inhabited places in the world, has seen a population explosion from one million to nearly twenty million in the last forty years. Half of the population are, or have been, illegal squaters. By introducing viewers to several families who struggle to su...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Filmakers Library,
[1997?]
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| Summary: | Mexico City, one of the largest and most densely inhabited places in the world, has seen a population explosion from one million to nearly twenty million in the last forty years. Half of the population are, or have been, illegal squaters. By introducing viewers to several families who struggle to survive there, the film puts a human face on Mexico's urban poor. Some of them decided to organize and fight back. With their own hands the people replaced the mud huts with sturdy housing. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (26 min) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |