Life and debt / produced and directed by Stephanie Black ; narration written by Jamaica Kincaid ; a Tuff Gong Pictures production.

Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun, but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Author: New Yorker Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Black, Stephanie (Motion picture director)
Kincaid, Jamaica
Manley, Michael, 1924-1997
Fisher, Stanley
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
Sayeed, Malik
Kibbe, Kyle
Lannaman, Richard
Nepomniaschy, Alex
Mullen, John
Becker, Belinda
Mutabaruka, 1952-
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned in English.
Published: New York : New Yorker Video, [2003]
Edition:Collectors edition, Letterbox edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color and some black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Life + debt.
Life plus debt.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Welcome to Jamaica
  • The International Monetary Fund
  • Independence
  • Lending
  • Sunshine guarantee
  • Island production
  • Trade barriers
  • Dairy
  • Bananas
  • Tourists
  • Free zones
  • Life and debt
  • McDonald's
  • Chicken parts
  • Peppers, spices and tourism
  • Circumstances
  • Just human beings
  • Be still Babylon.