Watching: Ervilha

Overview

A portrait of the people who work the land in Ervilha, a private land, left abandoned in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Porto: Foz do Douro. Ervilha faces the same threat our world faces: to be destroyed in the name of progress. A new avenue is planned and will destroy the area that feeds many. With a small step we leave the usual roaring traffic, and a different kind of noise is heard: birds, streams, and people talking in the distance. This place gives the elderly and the young a lease of life and generates the air