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Life and Debt (6/6)

This is also part of this series: Developing Stories - Series I: Environment & Development (6)

Subjects: Children's Rights, Conflict Resolution, Environment, Global Issues, Globalization, Homelessness, South American Studies

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 1992
Available in French: No

Brazil's massive $130 billion debt is the ultimate cause of the shocking assassination of 500 street children a year in Rio de Janeiro. This hard hitting docu-drama argues that the children's only crime is that they are poor and have nowhere to go. The film examines the links between Brazil's economic crisis and its tragic social and ecologic plight following 500 years of domination and exploitation by Europeans, Americans and now Japanese.“If there is a more precise and vivid essay on the root causes of Third World misery...it could not be more potent than LIFE AND DEBT” - The Toronto Star

Awards: Best Documentary, International Latin American Film Festival;Gold Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival; Golden Panda Award, Wildscreen

Links: http://www.tve.org - the producer’s site