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The debt of dictators / made in cooperation with Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) ; written, directed and produced by Erling Borgen ; Borgen Production.
LIBRA DVD 002 387
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Debts, Public--Developing countries.
- Debts, Public.
- Developing countries.
- Loans, Foreign--Developing countries.
- Loans, Foreign.
- Argentina--Economic conditions--1983-.
- Argentina.
- Economic conditions.
- South Africa--Economic conditions--1991-.
- South Africa.
- Philippines--Economic conditions--1986-.
- Philippines.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Standard format.
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Narration in English, some dialogue in Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Exposes the irresponsible lending to brutal dictators by multinational financial institutions. Revealing the widespread impoverishment resulting from these debts, the film transports viewers to Argentina, South Africa, and the Philippines, where essential services have been sacrificed in order to repay these illegitimate loans. In each of the cases, the government pays more in servicing the foreign debts than it does on all essential social services combined... Makes a compelling case for the forgiveness of foreign loans accrued by some of history's worst dictators, debts that exacerbate the suffering of the victims of both the dictators and the institutions that profited from their rule" -- Container.
- Contents:
- Argentina (10 min.)
- South Africa (18 min.)
- The Philippines (17 min.).
- Participant:
- Narrator, Terry Carter.
- Credits:
- Music, Ragnar Bjerkreim ; camera, Alejandro Reynoso, Zhang Wei, Nic Hofmeyer ; editor, Line Bie.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a documentary film in 2005.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- OCLC:
- 137261733
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