The new rulers of the world : a special report / by John Pilger ; produced, written & presented by John Pilger ; produced & directed by Alan Lowery ; a Carlton production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pilger, John, producer, screenwriter, presenter.

Lowery, Alan, producer, director.

Dylan, Bob, 1941- musician.

Carlton Television.

Bullfrog Films.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Bank.

International Monetary Fund.

Globalization.

Globalization--Indonesia.

Indonesia--History--1966-1998.

Indonesia.

History.

Indonesia--History--Coup d'état, 1965.

Indonesia--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

World politics.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (53 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, 2002.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

John Pilger looks at how globalization has increased the gap between the very rich and the very poor. In particular he looks at Indonesia as an example of how globalization and corrupt government has thrown millions of people into poverty and how multinational corporations support the abuse of these poor workers in sweatshops.

Participant:

Presenter, John Pilger.

Credits:

Cinematographers, Preston Clothier, Jonathan Harrison ; music, Bob Dylan, Maddy Prior, Nick Russell-Pavier ; editor, Joe Frost.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Carlton Television, c2001.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed January 16, 2014).

Publisher Number:

bf-new Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.