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00.00–00.50 |
Spain is located on a map of Europe and footage leads into images of the parched land of south-east Spain – the Almeria district |
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00.50–01.44 |
Near desert conditions have led filmmakers to use this region as the setting for ‘Spaghetti Westerns’. Scene changes to tourist resorts on the coast – drawn by the amazingly good ‘sunshine hours’ all year, with high temperatures even in winter |
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01.44–02.57 |
Commentary and footage contrast this pleasant setting with the intense activity a few miles inland: fruit and vegetable cultivation. Shots in processing plants and on highways show the vast scale of growing and shipping out of peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers etc. |
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02.57–03.45 |
Interview with economist. Jeronimo Molina looks at why people have done so well in the ‘gold rush’ of Almeria. Farmer Manual, points out that initiative and hard work by farmers was the key – not outside or governmental help |
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03.45–05.30 |
Commentary and footage explain the way sun, water and technology have allowed the current boom to happen; crucially, with bore hole supplies of water from 1960 onwards, and the arrival of cheap plastic and steel rod greenhouses in the 1980s. Panoramic camera work gives striking pictures of a landscape wrapped in plastic |
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05.30–06.40 |
Commentary and shots of growers massed around computer terminals show how hi-tech and dependent on international prices the industry has become |
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06.40–07.50 |
The crucial need for labour supply is raised, and the camera focuses on migrants from North Africa, both legal and illegal. Commentary and interviews show how well these arrangements can work when they are properly managed |
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07.50–10.00 |
40,000 legal immigrants do quite well, but many thousand others enter illegally. Their living conditions and insecure existence are looked at, and the reasons why farmers desperately need them |
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10.00–13.15 |
Local social workers tell how latent racial tension recently erupted into violence |
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13.15–17.40 |
Vivid shots of the coastline lead to commentary of the dramatic attempts made by North Africans to enter Spain. A reconstruction shows how others try to smuggle themselves into lorries bound for Spain using the ferry from Morocco |
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17.40–End |
Interviews with further migrants and shots of the greenhouses |
