T-shirt travels : the story of secondhand clothes & third world debt / Filmakers Library, Inc. presents ; Independent Television Service ; produced by Grassroots Pictures, Inc. ; directed, produced & written by Shantha Bloemen.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloemen, Shantha, producer, director, author.

O'Gorman, Robert, narrator.

Independent Television Service, producer.

Grassroots Pictures, Inc., producer.

Filmakers Library, inc., distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

Bantu (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Used clothing industry--Zambia.

Used clothing industry.

Clothing trade--Economic aspects--Zambia.

Clothing trade.

Clothing trade--Economic aspects.

Zambia--Economic conditions.

Zambia.

Economic conditions.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color, ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Container title: T-shirt travels, cast offs for Africa

Place of Publication:

New York : Filmmakers Library, 2001.

Language Note:

In Bantu with English subtitles and narration.

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

This comprehensive program is about Third World debt and secondhand clothes. The filmmaker travelled to Zambia and was amazed to find almost everyone wearing Calvin Klein, MTV and James Dean t-shirts! Huge bales of American secondhand clothing are sold to African importers, putting the African manufacturers out of business.

Participant:

Robert O'Gorman, narrator.

Credits:

Editor and story advisor, George O'Donnell.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

48772190