Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.
- Awards
- 2 wins total
- Narrator
- (voice)
- Self - Director, International Monetary Fund
- (archive footage)
- (as Horst Kohler)
- Self - Professor of Economics, University of West Indies
- (as Dr. Michael Witter)
- Self - President of the United States
- (archive footage)
- Self - U.S. Potato Board
- (archive footage)
- Self - Former President, Ghana
- (archive footage)
- (as Jerry Rawlings)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- Quotes
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, in a kind of way; eventually the salves were freed, in a kind of way. Of course, the whole thing is, once you cease to be master you're no longer human rubbish, you're just a human being and all the things that adds up to; so too with the slaves, once they are no longer slaves, once they're free they are no longer noble and exalted, they are just human beings." based on "A Small Place" copyright 1987 Jamaica Kincaid
- Crazy creditsSpecial heartfelt gratitude to the interviewees who share the truth with such eloquence.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The North Pole Deception (2010)
- SoundtracksG-7
Written by Ziggy Marley (as David Marley)
Performed by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Courtesy of Elektra Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Used by permission of Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
As a precondition for aid, the IMF and World Bank usually require that developing countries drop any significant barriers to trade. When the doors are opened to international trade, lower-priced goods from abroad undercut local goods, and eliminate the market for any industry that cannot compete with the mass production that larger economies are capable of. While opening barrier-free worldwide markets for goods and services benefits the large economies already in a position to compete on such a scale, the sudden and forced introduction of 'free' trade to underdeveloped economies often disrupts domestic industries, which are given no opportunity to transition. While the consumer market is suddenly flooded with relatively cheaper goods (cheap enough to undercut the local competition, not to benefit consumers in any way), globalization fails to provide domestic producers with the inputs and capital (fertilizer, machinery, etc.) necessary to compete with producers abroad. As a result, the economy is robbed of its traditional sources of income and capacity for self-sufficiency, instead becoming reliant on weak foreign aid and tourism as national poverty continues to increase.
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $263,107
- Gross worldwide
- $263,107
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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