Donald Trump plans to invest $1.5 billion in a golf course on a beach in Balmedie, Scotland, sparking legal battles with local residents and authorities.
“Because Money and Power Should Not Cost the Earth”
Donald Trump plans to invest $1.5 billion in a golf course on a beach in Balmedie, Scotland, sparking legal battles with local residents and authorities.
Go deeperMichael Forbes stands on Balmedie beach in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where Donald Trump plans to construct a $1.5 billion golf course. The film details the legal disputes involving Aberdeenshire Council and Trump's legal team, as local residents express their opposition to the development on land designated as a site of scientific interest. Filmmaker Anthony Baxter documents protests and his own arrest, capturing the community's fight against powerful corporate interests in 2011.
You've Been Trumped was directed by British filmmaker Anthony Baxter.
The golf course project documented in You've Been Trumped had a budget of US$1.5 billion.
You've Been Trumped won several awards, including the Sheffield Green Award and the Audience Award at the Dakino – Bucharest International Film Festival in 2011.
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