Profit & nothing but!, or, Impolite thoughts on the class struggle / JBA production, ARTE France, R.T.B.F. Bruxelles present ; a film by Raoul Peck.

Who said that the economy serves mankind? What is this world where one third of the population, in the rich countries, or more precisely the wealthiest two percent in these countries, control everything? A world where the economy is law, where this law of the strongest is imposed on the rest of huma...

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Corporate Authors: JBA production (Producer)
ARTE France (Producer)
Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française (Producer)
First Run/Icarus Films (Publisher)
Other Authors: Peck, Raoul (Film producer, Film director, Narrator)
Passet, René (Interviewee)
Latouche, Serge, 1940- (Interviewee)
Maris, Bernard (Interviewee)
Mathurin, Gérald (Interviewee)
Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-2019 (Interviewee)
Language:English
French
Haitian French Creole
Language of the Original:
English
French
Haitian French Creole
Language and/or Writing System:
Narration in English; interviews in French and Haitian Creole with English subtitles.
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2016]
Subjects:
Capitalism > Moral and ethical aspects.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
Profit > Moral and ethical aspects.
Profit > Social aspects.
Haiti > Economic conditions.
Haiti > Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
Variant Title:
Profit and nothing but!
Impolite thoughts on the class struggle
Profit & rien d'autre!, ou, Réflexions abusives sur la lutte des classes
Réflexions abusives sur la lutte des classes
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Who said that the economy serves mankind? What is this world where one third of the population, in the rich countries, or more precisely the wealthiest two percent in these countries, control everything? A world where the economy is law, where this law of the strongest is imposed on the rest of humanity? Why do we accept this cynical and immoral state of being? What happened to Solidarity? And to the militants? These are the questions Profit and Nothing But! asks. Capitalism has succeeded in convincing us that it is the only truth, the only morality we need. It has even convinced its opponents that their failure lies within the normal scheme of things. Raoul Peck contrasts this heavily documented illumination of the capitalist system with the devastating reality in his native land, Haiti--'a country that doesn't exist, where intellectual discussion has become a luxury.' Its GNP for the next thirty years is roughly equivalent to Bill Gates (current) fortune. The film's stark images of the lives of the damned on earth provide a striking backdrop for talk of 'triumphant capitalism.'
Note:Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: JBA Production, Arte France, Entre Chien et Loup, RTBF France, ©2001.
Call Number:HC153 .P76 2016
Interest Grade Level:
10 and up.
Credits:Camera, Jean-Pierre Grasset, Kirsten Johnson, Jacques Besse ; editing, Fabrice Salinie & Raoul Peck.
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.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Raoul Peck ; with the participation of René Passet, Serge Latouche, Bernard Maris, Gérald Mathurin, Immanuel Wallerstein.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 8, 2016).