The Wilkinson Public Library and the Mountainfilm Festival are proud to bring a free screening of a spanish documentary the last Monday of every month. This month, we will be screening a film that reflects many of the same issues we face here in Telluride. Titled Espui, this film is the personal trip of a woman who comes back to her ancestors’ little village. The passing of time has been altering the image of the place, especially because of the construction of a macro tourist resort including golf court, ski slopes as well as residential area with a capacity for more than 5,000 people. The project started during the culminating moment of the Spanish housing boom. As it happened in many countries of the planet, land speculation reaches the most remote places devastating everything: idyllic landscapes and lifestyles that had remained unchanged for centuries. With the bursting of the property bubble, many buildings remained half-built. Espui’s mountains ended up covered with concrete walls and half-constructed apartments.
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