Life and Debt (2001)

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80 min - Documentary - 28 February 2003 (UK)

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Ratings: 7.5/10 from 605 users Metascore: 67/100
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Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.

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Credited cast:
	Belinda Becker	...	Narrator (voice)
	Buju Banton	...	Himself - Singer
	Horst Köhler	...	Himself - Director, International Monetary Fund (archive footage) (as Horst Kohler)
	Michael Manley	...	Himself - Former Prime Minister of Jamaica
	Stanley Fischer	...	Himself - Deputy Director International Monetary Fund
	Michael Witter	...	Himself - Professor of Economics, University of West Indies (as Dr. Michael Witter)
	David Coore	...	Himself - Former Minister of Finance, Jamaica
	Bill Clinton	...	Himself - President of the United States (archive footage)
	Jean-Bertrand Aristide	...	Himself - President, Haiti
	Yami Bolo	...	Himself - Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Tom Lipetzky	...	Himself - U.S. Potato Board (archive footage)
	Kathy Owen	...	News Anchor
	Jerry J. Rawlings	...	Himself - Former President, Ghana (archive footage) (as Jerry Rawlings)

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Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.

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Language:

English

Release Date:

28 February 2003 (UK) See more »

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Jamaica See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,560 (USA) (23 September 2001) (2 Screens)

Gross:

$241,297 (USA) (24 March 2002)

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80 min

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Dolby SR

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1.37 : 1

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Narrator: "Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493. Not too long after, it was settled by human rubbish from Europe, who used enslaved but noble and exalted human beings from Africa to satisfy their desire for wealth and power. Eventually the masters left...
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Special heartfelt gratitude to the interviewees who share the truth with
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