Life and debt
by
 
Black, Stephanie.

Title
: 
Life and debt

Author
: 
Black, Stephanie.

Edition
: 
Letterbox, widescreen.

Publication Information
: 
[New York, NY] : Tuff Gong Pictures : [Distributed in Australia by] Madman Entertainment, [2005], c2001.

Physical Description
: 
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note
: 
DVD.
 
Narration written by Jamaica Kincaid based on her book, "A small place".
 
Title on container: Life + debt.
 
Special features include: Special bonus music video, "Mr. Heartless" by Anthony B.; Theatrical trailer; Director's commentary; Soundtrack excerpts.
 
Made in 2001.

Abstract
: 
Set in Jamaica, this film is a case study of how contemporary free trade policies and global financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization affect the economies of developing nations. Includes interviews with IMF Deputy Director Stanley Fischer, Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jamaica's former Prime Minister Michael Manley as well as tourists, farmers, Rastafarians, factory workers and others.

Corporate Subject
: 
International Monetary Fund.

Geographic Term
: 
Jamaica -- Social conditions.
 
Jamaica -- Economic conditions.

Added Author
: 
Black, Stephanie.
 
Mullen, John.
 
Becker, Belinda.
 
Kincaid, Jamaica, 1949-. Small place.

Added Corporate Author
: 
Tuff Gong Pictures.


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