Life and Debt (2001)

7	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Release date : 28 February 2003

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This searing documentary examines how the policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other aid organizations have changed the Jamaican economy over the past quarter of a century, leaving the local people to struggle in poverty and work in sweatshops. Author Jamaica Kincaid narrates with Belinda Becker to a reggae soundtrack tha ... (more)

Directed by

Stephanie Black

Starring (View all) :

Belinda Becker

Narrator (voice)

Buju Banton

Himself - Singer

Horst Köhler

Himself - Director, International Monetary Fund

Michael Manley

Himself - Former Prime Minister of Jamaica

Stanley Fischer

Himself - Deputy Director International Monetary F

Michael Witter

Himself - Professor of Economics, University of We

David Coore

Himself - Former Minister of Finance, Jamaica

Bill Clinton

Himself - President of the United States

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Himself - President, Haiti

Yami Bolo

Himself - Singer

Written by (View all) :

Jamaica Kincaid

narration

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7 global ratings

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Globalization Documentary

Posted : 3 years, 2 months ago at Oct 31 11:16

This documentary exposes what globalization has done to the economy of Jamaica. A real eye opener. I think of this film everytime I see bananas on sale for $29 cents a pound, as one part of the film explains how the massive corporations like Dole go out of their way to wipe out local banana farmer and just shift all operations to nations that dont have labor laws. Also, it shows how McDonalds opens franchises in all the tourist spots, yet refuses to buy local beef and produce, even threatening lawsuits if government tries to block import of US beef into Jamaica. It explores sweat shop conditions in large manufacturing areas, and how corporations just squash and simply move out if any sort of labor laws are attempted. And it also focuses on why Jamaica went into massive debt, and why th...Read more

Rating : 8/10

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