originally published at Eye Weekly:
Editorial Rating: **** (out of 5)
by Jason Anderson (April 28, 2010)
Some developers’ dreams of creating a “Nicaraguan Riviera” inevitably run into more than a few hitches in the land of the Sandinistas. This engrossing and wryly funny doc by Toronto’s Julian Pinder introduces viewers to a wealth of colourful figures, from big-talking would-be hoteliers to a hippie farmer to a one-eyed revolutionary poet. All prove to be subject to historical forces far beyond their control as we witness the latest weird chapter in Nicaragua’s long and tumultuous relationship with interlopers and profiteers from El Norte.
Land screens as part of the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival on Sunday May 2nd at 9:30pm at the Royal Cinema and Sunday May 9 at 2pm at the Isabel Bader Theatre. Buy Tickets.
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