life and debt a film by stephanie blackabout the filmfilm creditsinfo and linkslife and debt a feature length documentary film by stephanie black


VHS and DVD: DVD and Home Video Available in Retail Stores. DVD Bonus Features include additional footage with Michael Manley, Directors Commentary,  Photo Gallery on Anti-Globalization movement, Anthony' B.'s "Mr. Heartless" music video and soundtrack information

Life and Debt DVD:


In England-- UK DVD (PAL format) will be released in the UK by AXIOM Films.

In Jamaica--DVD and Home Video of LIFE AND DEBT available at Tuff Gong on Marcus Garvey Drive and Movieshac.
SOUNDTRACK: The LIFE and DEBT soundtrack, released by Tuff Gong, is available in the SOUNDTRACK section of your local record store. Profits from soundtrack sales will be donated to URGE, a non-profit organization founded by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. URGE is devoted to bringing relief and hope to suffering and underprivileged people around the world.

The title song from the film's soundtrack, "Life and Debt" is also included on Mutabaruka's first studio album since 1994, Life Squared, released on Heartbeat Records.

Life and Debt CD Soundtrack:

US DISTRIBUTION: We are pleased to announce New Yorker Films will distribute Life and Debt nationwide.
NEW YORKER FILMS, 21 West 38th Street, 14th fl., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10018-5506
tel: (212) 645-4600, toll-free: 877 247-6200, fax: 212 645-3030
For all distribution related questions about the film, email info@newyorkerfilms.com

FRANCE, BELGIUM, and SWITZERLAND DVD DISTRIBUTION: We are proud to announce the DVD of "Life and Debt" is distributed by:
BLAQ OUT
52 rue Charlot
75003 PARIS
tel: + 33 1 42 77 88 20
fax: + 33 1 42 77 88 19
www.blaqout.com
FRANCE THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION: For all distribution related questions in France, please contact EuroZoom at eurozoom@eurozoom.fr
UK DISTRIBUTION: We are very pleased to announce the UK distributor of LIFE AND DEBT is Axiom Films Ltd. For all UK distribution, please contact mail@axiomfilms.co.uk

     Axiom Films
     2nd Floor
     87 Notting Hill Gate , London, W11 3JZ
     Tel: 020 7243 3111 Fax: 020 7243 3152


JAPAN DISTRIBUTION: We are very pleased to announce Uplink Films will distribute LIFE AND DEBT in Japan, opening theatrically on July 16, 2005

CANADA DISTRIBUTION: We are pleased to announce that MongrelMedia will distribute LIFE AND DEBT in Canada. For all Canadian distribution inquiries, please contact: info@mongrelmedia.com or visit their web site.

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND DISTRIBUTION:
Gil Scrine Films
44 Northcote ST
44 East Brisbane, QLD. 4169
Tel: (61.7) 33910124 Fax: 33910154
Email: gil@gilscrinefilms.com.au
OTHER DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES: For distribution inquires for the Caribbean, South America, and Africa, please contact Tuff Gong PIctures.

AWARDS:
  • 2004 Festival International du Film Insulaire, Ole de Groix, Special Jury Prize
  • 2004 PARIS HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
  • LA Weekly's Ernest Hardy and Paul Malcolm pick Life and Debt in his Best Films 2002 list.
  • CINEAMBIENTE INT. ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FEST. 2002 TEEN JURY BEST FILM OF FESTIVAL, TURIN, ITALY
  • ONE WORLD 2002-PRAGUE HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL-AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
  • ONE WORLD MEDIA AWARDS-FINALIST, INTERNATIONAL PREMIER AWARD, ENGLAND
  • LIFE and DEBT WAS AWARDED BEST DOCUMENTARY AT THE JAMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL.
  • LIFE AND DEBT RECEIVES THE CRITICS JURY AWARD, HONORABLE MENTION "BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL" AT THE INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT/WEST LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL. The critics jury was comprised of Jami Bernard from the New York Daily News, Emanuel Levy of Screen Intl. and Stephanie Zacharaek of salon.com Over the nine-day event, 51 features and 48 shorts were screened for audiences that totaled more than 30,000.

  • INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTOR STEPHANIE BLACK:
  • PBS/POV
  • the Japan Times Online (interview in English)
  • Music for America's Jennifer Zimmerman
  • PopMatters' Film and TV Editor Cynthia Fuchs.
  • BuzzFlash.com

  • REVIEWS:
  • 'Life and Debt': One Love, One Heart, or a Sweatshop Economy? the New York Times reviews Life and Debt.
  • by Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun Times
  • by Loren King of the Chicago Tribune
  • by Films Unlimited
  • by The Guardian
  • by Radio Times.
  • Revealing the Transparent: Stephanie Black Unveils the Jamaican World Beyond Tourism. FrictionMagazine.com reviews Life and Debt.
  • by Rachel Gordon in filmcritic.com
  • by Michael Thomas of the New York Observer
  • by Greg Tate of the Village Voice
  • by Lenora Todaro of the Village Voice
  • by Cynthia Fuchs of PopMatters
  • by Philadelphia CityPaper.net
  • by alternet.org and interspersed with interview commentary by the film's director, Stephanie Black.
  • the New York Times mentions Life and Debt in their preview of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
  • by the Japan Times Online Review written in English.
  • by volume.com Includes video clips.
  • by Film Four Extra
  • by the Jacksonville Film Journal (4 stars out of 5)
  • by TV Guide Online (3.5 stars out of 5)
  • by about.com
  • by Newark Star-Ledger (mentions Life and Debt in the Human Rights Watch Film Festival)
  • by philly.com
  • by Vinette K. Pryce of Entertainment Journalists Association of Jamaica.
  • by The Jamaica Gleaner
  • by CNN: 'Life and Debt' Explores Jamaica Debt Burden.
  • Life and Debt: A Tourist's Review
  • by Jah Works.

  • ABOUT THE FILM: Life and Debt is a just-completed feature-length documentary which addresses the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and current globalization policies on a developing country such as Jamaica. Life and Debt has been invited to be the opening night film of the Human Rights Film Festival at Lincoln Center in NYC on June 15th. More on Life and Debt...

    MORE FILMS FROM STEPHANIE BLACK:
    AFRICA UNITE (2007): Produced and Directed by Stephanie Black, "Africa Unite" be released in February by Palm Pictures. Watch the trailer.

    H-2 WORKER: Many of you have asked for more info on H-2 Worker, Stephanie Black's first feature length film which documents the plight of Caribbean men brought to Florida to undertake the brutal and dangerous task of harvesting sugar cane for American Corporations. The film exposes how corporations exploit these workers and the slavery-like conditions they work and live in.

    NEW! H-2 WORKER (1990) on DVD will be released by NEW VIDEO/DOCURAMA Spring 2008.