Life And Debt
starring: Belinda Becker, Buju Banton, Horst Köhler, Michael Manley (II), Stanley Fischer
directed by: Stephanie Black (II)
directed by: Stephanie Black (II)
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781567303117
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1567303110
Label: New Yorker Video
Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Yorker Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 15342
Studio: New Yorker Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Set to a beguiling reggae beat, Life and Debt takes as its subject Jamaica's economic decline in the 20th century. The story has reverberations in the plight of other third-world nations blindsided by globalization, like Ghana and Haiti. After England granted Jamaica independence in 1962, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) stepped in with a series of loans. These loans came with strings attached--the kind that would eventually plunge the country $7 billion into debt, stranded without the resources to dig themselves out. Although IMF officials get the chance to have their say, it's clear where filmmaker Stephanie Black's sympathies lie--with the country's underemployed farmers and sweatshop workers. Jamaica Kinkaid (A Small Place) penned the narration, while the soundtrack features some of the 'imports' with which this island nation remains mostly closely associated: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Mutabaruka, who performs the title track. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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- Subverting Ourselves AgainLife and Debt examines how the policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other ... Read More
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- A thought-provoking documentary on life beyond tourism in JamaicaThis documentary made me conscious of the price of help given by the IMF and World Bank to developing ... Read More
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- Must viewingAnyone who is interested in learning about how free trade and the IMF impact so-called third-world countries ... Read More
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- Foolishness!This film tries to place the current day problems of Jamaica with the IMF, InterAmerican Development Bank etc ... Read More
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- A SEQUEL WOULD BE WELCOMED!I have viewed this interesting documentary, three times since 2001.
It is looking at the ... Read More
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