Life and Debt
Life and Debt is a feature-length documentary which addresses the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and current globalization policies on a developing country such as Jamaica.
Jamaica is widely known as a land of sea, sand, and sun — a vacation destination known for its rum and its Rastafari roots. But beneath the lilting tourism board patter, Jamaica is also a prime example of the devastating impact of economic globalization on a developing country. Life and Debt dissects the “mechanism of debt” that is destroying local agriculture and industry and replacing them with sweatshops and cheap imports. Life and Debt is an unapologetic look at the “new world order” from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, and government and policy officials who see the reality of globalization from the ground up.