Gambia, The Smiling Coast

Gambia, The Smiling Coast is a Spanish 2010 documentary film set in Gambia.[1]

Gambia, The Smiling Coast
Directed byDaniel Verdín Castro
Produced byLorena Perez Saez
Screenplay byLorena Perez Saez & Daniel Gómez Sánchez
Music byPablo Salinas
Edited byDaniel Verdín Castro
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
33 minutes
CountrySpain

Plot

The documentary investigates the secrets of tourism, showing both its positive and its negative points. The tourism industry is an essential source of income for this country situated to the West of Africa, but it has several things against it: begging, sexual tourism, finding the means to emigrate. A poisonous business that only benefits a few and that leads to poverty tourism.

References

  1. Martens, Emiel. "New Documentary Film on Tourism, Development and Migration in the Gambia". Humanity and Social Sciences Online. Retrieved 15 September 2020.


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