DVD: Life + Debt a film by Stephanie Black

$29.95

Jamaica, land of sea, sand and sun... and a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries.

With twenty-five years of "help" from the International Monetary fund (IMF) and the World Bank intended to bring Third World nations such as Jamaica into the fold of free market economies, these "restructuring policies" have crippled Jamaica's efforts toward self-reliant development while enriching the lenders. This scathing film is an unapologetic look at the "new world order" from the point of view of Jamaican workers and farmers, as well as government and policy officials.

Featuring a dynamic reggae soundtrack and a searing voice over based on text by Jamaica Kincaid as well as interviews with former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley, Deputy Director of the IMF Stanley Fisher and President of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide, Life and Debt portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devastating consequences of globalization.

Powerful!...offers the clearest analysis of globalization and its negative effects that I've ever seen.—Stephen Holden, The New York Times

DVD, New Yorker Video, 2001, 86 minutes, Music by Mutabaruka, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Sizzla, Buju Banton, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Anthony B., Yami Bolo and many more

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