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Life and debt / a Tuff Gong Pictures Production ; a film by Stephanie Black ; narration written by Jamaica Kincaid ; produced and directed by Stephanie Black.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jamaica--Social conditions.
- Jamaica.
- Jamaica--Economic conditions.
- Jamaica--Description and travel.
- International Monetary Fund.
- World Trade Organization.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization--Political aspects.
- Anti-globalization movement--Jamaica.
- Anti-globalization movement.
- Investments, Foreign--Jamaica.
- Investments, Foreign.
- International business enterprises--Jamaica.
- International business enterprises.
- International trade--Moral and ethical aspects.
- International trade.
- Documentary films.
- globalism.
- Economic history.
- Social conditions.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- documentary film.
- Documentary films
- Nonfiction films
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (86 min.))
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Mongrel Media, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English with optional closed captioning in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- This documentary examines the effects of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund loans on the infrastructure Jamaica established in the wake of independence from the UK in 1962. Seven billion in debt (circa 2000), Jamaica has seen its agricultural industries laid to waste by the impossibility of competing with subsidized, multi-national American based companies. The poverty of 'average' Jamaican in a shantytown near Kingston is in stark contrast to the luxurious tropical fantasy paradise experienced by tourists in posh Montego Bay. In a dog-eat-dog global economy, the US and its multinational corporate clients have all the advantages, while Jamaica has no agriculture, no industry, and no tax base--only ever-growing debt.
- This documentary examines the effects of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund loans on the infrastructure Jamaica established in the wake of independence from the UK in 1962. Seven billion in debt (circa 2000), Jamaica has seen its agricultural industries laid to waste by the impossibility of competing with subsidized, multi-national American based companies. The poverty of 'average' Jamaican in a shantytown near Kingston is in stark contrast to the luxurious tropical fantasy paradise experienced by tourists in posh Montego Bay. In a dog-eat-dog global economy, the US and its multinational corporate clients have all the advantages, while Jamaica has no agriculture, no industry, and no tax base--only ever-growing debt.
- Participant:
- Narration read by Belinda Becker; interviews with Michael Manley, Stanley Fischer, Michael Witter, David Coore, Jerry Rawlings, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
- Credits:
- Cinematography by Malik Sayeed, Kyle Kibbe, Richard Lannaman, Alex Nepomniaschy ; edited by John Mullen.
- Notes:
- Narration based on "A small place" by Jamaica Kincaid, 1987.
- Originally distributed as a motion picture by Mongrel Media, 2001.
- Online resource; title from title frame (viewed August 19, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1022119572
- Publisher Number:
- MON1178 Criterion-on-Demand
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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