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    Payback

    Poster of the movie Payback
    2012     Documentary    
    Canada/USA
    1h 22min
    G
    PG
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    G

    Based on Margaret Atwood's bestselling book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, Jennifer Baichwal's feature documentary Payback offers a fascinating look at debt as a mental construct and traces how it influences relationships, societies, governing structures and even the fate of the planet. The film explores the link between debtor and creditor in a variety of contexts and places -- from the mountains of northern Albania to the tomato fields of southern Florida -- blending compelling stories of "owing" and "being owed" with the views of renowned figures like Karen Armstrong, Louise Arbour, William Rees and Raj Patel. Stories and insights are woven together by the prescient and acute observations of Atwood herself, who demonstrates both that the concept of debt lies at the very core of human experience, and that, because it is a concept, how we think about it changes how it works.

    Directed byJennifer Baichwal
    Written byJennifer Baichwal
    CompanyONF/NFBMongrel MediaMétropole Films

    Featuring

    Margaret Atwood
    Eric Schlosser
    Conrad Black
    Raj Patel
    William Rees
    Louise Arbour
    Paul Mohammed
    Gregorio Venegas
    Gjin Marku
    Gerardo Reyes
    + MORE

    Video

    1:53

    Trailer

    12 years ago

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