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In 1991, filmmaker Stephanie Black began a nine-year mission to, as she puts it, "clarify, simplify, and make visible an essentially invisible subject matter: The impact of economic policies on the day-to-day lives of people whom these policies are ostensibly supposed to benefit but actually don't."
The result of her efforts is Life and Debt, a brilliant, award-winning, reggae-driven documentary telling the story of ordinary Jamaicans whose lives have been radically affected by global economic policies. Capturing Jamaica in all its beauty and despair, and narrated in dryly ironic tones from text written by Jamaica Kincaid, Life and Debt takes a complex subject - the International Monetary Fund's role in destroying the Jamaican economy - and makes it come alive, allowing audiences to not merely understand, but empathize.
February 6th is Bob Marley's Birthday - a day the LA Independent Media Center and the Jamaican Cultural Association bring Life and Debt to LA. Our first ever fundraiser will be a gala premiere of the film at the Pacific Design Center, followed by an expert panel discussion on global debt, a reception featuring Jamaican food, and special guests (to be announced).
Life and Debt, which was aired on PBS last fall, has already won top prizes at various major film festivals and received high praise from the New York Times, The Village Voice, and the Jamaican Gleaner. A film as visually stunning as it is sharp and thought provoking, Life and Debt demands to be noticed. Tickets are limited, so sign up now!
Hear Stephanie Black interviewed by Indymedia.
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