Life and Debt (2001)
3.9 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
Utilising excerpts from the award-winning non-fiction text A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid, 'Life and Debt' is a woven tapestry of sequences focusing on the stories of individual Jamaicans whose strategies for survival and parameters of day-to-day existence are determined by the US and other foreign economic agendas. By combining traditional documentary telling with a stylised narrative framework, director Stephanie Black ensures that the complexity of international lending, structural adjustment policies and free trade is elegantly contextualised with the day-to-day realities of the people whose lives they impact. As such, the film emerges as an authoritative and moving tribute to the ingenuity and strength of the people who defy the odds of survival whilst also informing of the impact of US foreign policies on foreign countries. A look at a beautiful, tropical land robbed of its numerous natural resources; 'Life and Debt' (boasting a specially composed score by Mutabaruka) is provocative, intelligent and illuminating fare. - Actors:
- Buju Banton, Horst Köhler, Michael Manley, Stanley Fischer, Michael Witter, David Coore, Bill Clinton, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Yami Bolo, Tom Lipetzky, Kathy Owen, Jerry J. Rawlings
- Directors:
- Stephanie Black
- Producers:
- Stephanie Black
- Voiced By:
- Belinda Becker
- Writers:
- Jamaica Kincaid
- Studio:
- Drakes Avenue
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
