Face Of Debt, The
Synopsis
Third World debt is a modern form of slavery, no longer justifiable in economic or moral terms. That is the message award-winning journalist Maggie O’Kane puts across in this powerful documentary. The advent of the new millennium has inspired calls for these debts to be eradicated wholesale.
The film concentrates its report on Niger, a country brought to its knees by sheer poverty. With no means of repayment and disease ravaging the population, Niger is sinking further into terrible debt. It owes huge sums to organisations originally set up to fight world poverty. Can the fact that Niger’s children are dying faster than anywhere else in the world be ignored for much longer?
The film concentrates its report on Niger, a country brought to its knees by sheer poverty. With no means of repayment and disease ravaging the population, Niger is sinking further into terrible debt. It owes huge sums to organisations originally set up to fight world poverty. Can the fact that Niger’s children are dying faster than anywhere else in the world be ignored for much longer?
Third World debt is a modern form of slavery, no longer justifiable in economic or moral terms. That is the message award-winning journalist Maggie O’Kane puts across in this powerful documentary. The advent of the new millennium has inspired calls for these debts to be eradicated wholesale.
The film concentrates its report on Niger, a country brought to its knees by sheer poverty. With no means of repayment and disease ravaging the population, Niger is sinking further into terrible debt. It owes huge sums to organisations originally set up to fight world poverty. Can the fact that Niger’s children are dying faster than anywhere else in the world be ignored for much longer?
The film concentrates its report on Niger, a country brought to its knees by sheer poverty. With no means of repayment and disease ravaging the population, Niger is sinking further into terrible debt. It owes huge sums to organisations originally set up to fight world poverty. Can the fact that Niger’s children are dying faster than anywhere else in the world be ignored for much longer?
Duration
1 x 50'
Definition
SD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Current Affairs
Producer
OCTOBER FILMS LTD