If You Work For a Living

Home to the largest concentration of greenhouses in Europe, Almería represents a primary industrial agriculture production complex spanning 40 000 square metres bordering the only European desert. 120 000 people depend on the plastic-covered complex. Roughly 20% are undocumented migrant workers living in the region’s slum areas. If You Work for Living is a film considering the current industrial heritage of the region through its past, as a backdrop in cinematic westerns. The film sources sounds and phrases from Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy that relate to the territory and work-related topics, and presents a new narrative focused on the people who work and live here today.