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Life and Debt
Documentary - 2001
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Life and Debt is a 2001 American documentary film that examines the economic and social situation in Jamaica, and specifically how the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's structural adjustment policies have impacted the island.
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Stephanie Black

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
22 Apr 2001
Country:
JM
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
... after viewing Life and Debt, the audience's way of seeing things has been quietly and powerfully changed.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
26 Feb 2002
fresh:
It's mostly persuasive in the position it argues.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
1 Mar 2002
rotten:
Talking heads are intercut to synthesise theory and practice, but as an economic diatribe this is a bit patronising and not wholly persuasive.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
This case study of globalization's effects on Jamaica is a timely, never dull piece of agitprop that comes off as a cross between Godard's social protest docs and The Harder They Come.
– Ed Rampell,
Variety,
20 Aug 2007
fresh:
Powerfully illustrates what globalization has been doing to underdeveloped countries around the world.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
20 Aug 2007
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