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...
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned in English. |
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New York :
New Yorker Video,
[2003]
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Edition: | Collectors edition, Letterbox edition. |
Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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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.