Madrid, May 2 (EFE) .- In the Almeria desert of Tabernas, a unique spot in Europe , scene of mythical films of the old west, plants hardly grow because of the aridity of the land, but a lot of garbage , as it tries to raise awareness of a short film in search of funding with a crowdfunding campaign launched on the internet.
In this environment of enormous natural beauty due to the unusual poverty of a land that hardly visits the rain and that recalls the scenarios of old films of Indians and cowboys, more and more human waste is accumulated.
From mattresses, to old appliances, bottles, broken glass, tires, bags and all kinds of garbage are increasingly flooding this beautiful enclave of semi-arid climate with the name of Paraje Natural, warns EFEverde the Australian David Regos, producer of this documentary about the trash drama in the Tabernas desert.
Under the title "For a handful of garbage" , inspired the name of the documentary in the legendary film "For a handful of dollars", which was shot in this same desert in its day with Clint Eastwood as protagonist, it seeks to raise awareness and in Castilian- of the serious environmental problem in this area of so much natural charm.
Faced with past times such as that of the Huns and Attila, with his famous phrase "where my horse treads, the grass does not grow" to express its fear, now the unfortunate effect of the passage of man over nature is the generation of garbage.
On April 22, coinciding with Earth Day, a campaign was launched to raise funds from voluntary investors for the production of this documentary through Verkami, a Spanish collaborative micro-sponsorship platform through which collected so far more than one thousand euros, according to its producer.
"We need more people to collaborate, because you need at least 7,000 euros , especially to pay for everything related to music and copyright issues," his producer explains.
Those who invest in this audiovisual project of environmental awareness expect "rewards" such as the possibility of projecting the short film in their respective communities and original postcards and essential oils inspired by the desert.
Tabernas - where numerous directors and actors have passed, whose long list includes Steven Spielberg, Orson Welles, Burt Lancaster, Richard Burton and Harrison Ford, among many others - is becoming "a real dump" due to the irresponsibility of many people who use it to get rid of all kinds of useless objects , laments once again the producer of the documentary.
"Unfortunately, the desert of Tabernas is filling with spills," insists the author of this production, whose latest environmental documentary, "Divide in Concord", premiered at the Hot Docs in Toronto (Canada) and has been the winner of several awards in festivals of the world, is about the prohibition in a town in the United States of plastic bottles, a very polluting material that takes centuries to decompose.
" Tabernas is becoming a very ugly place and an environmental problem, there are few people in the area who are taking responsibility for the conservation of nature and during the last years the situation has worsened", according to Regos.
For the realization of his audiovisual project, the producer contacted a resident activist in the Tabernas area, Julian Phillips, who for several years altruistically comes every month to the desert of Almeria to remove garbage, sometimes accompanied by other volunteers, although with very few resources to remove so much waste.
Thanks to local activism is trying to solve the problem although reinforcements are needed, especially by the administrations, warns David Regos.
The documentary, shot with a cinematic style based on western scenes and several interviews, tries to show the potential of activism to face this type of environmental aggressions.
Once the short film is finished, it will be submitted to a competition in different film festivals around the world. Likewise, it is expected to be screened in schools as a playful-educational tool to raise awareness of the importance of preserving the environment and will also be available online.
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