52′, directed by Jean-Pierre Carlon.
Co-produced by ARTE France and Claposud. With the participation of the RTS.
With the support of MEDIA, the CNC, the PACA region, Procirep, Angoa, the Belgian Development Cooperation, EED, CCFD-Terre Solidaire and the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhône.
Project selected for the EURODOC 2008 program and the DOK Leipzig co-production meeting 2008.
Selected for the Festival Int. du Film d’Histoire de Pessac, FIGRA, Festival de St-Martin de Valamas, Festival Int. du Film Panafricain de Cannes, Festival Int. du Film d’Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia), Festival d’Ishia (Italy) and Festival Globale (Berlin).
Other broadcasts: YLE, TV5MONDE, CFI, Ushuaïa TV, Russia Today and Cameroon Radio Télévision (CRTV).
Africa, under the perfusion of the World Bank and the IMF, is crumbling under the weight of its debt and remains the continent of great poverty. Why do countries with such important natural resources as the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo and Mali remain the poorest in the world? Why does a large part of their budget remain devoted to debt service?
From a lucid assessment of the situation, and thanks to the analysis of renowned experts, “The Wages of Debt” explores the reasons for these failures and deciphers the mechanisms at play, taking us from Washington to Kinshasa, Brazzaville and Bamako, via Paris, Brussels and Geneva.
DVD edition by Les Productions du Lagon and ClapOsud.
This double DVD set includes the 52-minute documentary and more than an hour of bonus material, including an interview with John Perkins and an interview with Jean Ziegler.