The Money Lenders (1991)
• December 31st, 1991 • 1h 25min
Documentary
Overview
Critical investigation of The World Bank and IMF. Too hot for PBS, but prime time TV everywhere else. Do the World Bank and IMF make the poor even poorer? Are the Bank and IMF democratic institutions? Why do people demonstrate against the Bank and IMF? For the first time, a documentary global investigation of major criticisms of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), two of the most powerful financial institutions in the world. Five country case studies are presented, each concentrating on a different aspect of critics' charges: 1. Bolivia: Debt, Drugs and Democracy 2. Ghana: The Model of Success 3. Brazil: Debt, Damage and Politics 4. Thailand: Dams and Dislocation 5. Philippines: The Debt Fighters. The charges, including those related to structural adjustment, are controversial and provocative. Some go to the heart of the power and policies of these institutions.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Songs of Rice
Released on: 2014-01-28
Documentary
In Thailand, a hymn to rice need not always be sung. A dance, or spectacular homemade fireworks can ...
A Bad Name
Released on: 2024-11-22
Documentary
Two street artists with contrasting intentions about the artform tell the relevance of street art in...
The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America
Released on: 2021-08-10
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevel...
Page Deleted
Released on: 2023-06-11
Documentary
Questions about celebrating 200 years of independence from Brazil with 300 years of slavery.
Sunday Beauty Queen
Released on: 2016-12-25
Documentary
Beneath Hong Kong's glittering facade, Filipina domestic helpers work in relative anonymity and for ...
Last Temptation in Thailand
Released on: 2007-05-29
Documentary
Looking for paradise lost, the "Last Temptation in Thailand" is a mesmerizing odyssey through ancien...
Hunted Like Animals
Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary
A documentary about the atrocities committed against the Hmong people by the Laos government. Shot b...
The Building
Released on: 2012-09-24
Documentary
The documentary captures the fall or rebuilding what had been a symbol of the Franco regime, but the...
Rush in Rio
Released on: 2003-10-21
Music, Documentary
Legendary rock band Rush plays the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the final night of...
Appointment in Tokyo
Released on: 1945-12-07
Documentary, War, History
Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces an...
Wild Window: Bejeweled Fishes
Released on: 2016-06-20
Documentary
Bejeweled Fishes captures the spectacular beauty of the myriad fishes inhabiting coral reefs of the ...
Muay Thai
Released on: 2018-01-01
Documentary, Drama
This intimate portrait of a Thai boxer, from New York-based filmmaker Josh Hayward, reveals the ritu...
Freedom for Ghana
Released on: 1957-03-06
Documentary
Independence Day celebrations in Ghana, including ceremonies and pageants and the opening of the Gha...
Katoey
Released on: 2019-06-13
Documentary
Katoey meets three people in rural Thailand who are clearly and confidently women even though their ...
The Importance of Being Mlabri
Released on: 2007-09-04
Documentary
There are only 320 Mlabri people left on this planet. They came out of the jungle in Northern Thaila...
Puerto escondido
Released on: 2020-11-20
Documentary
In 1879, Bolivia lost its access to the sea in a war. When I was a child I did not understand how we...
Sabai Sabai
Released on: 2022-05-17
Documentary
A short documentary about the Thai restaurant Sabai Sabai located in Middlebury, Vermont.
Favela Government
Released on:
Documentary
Brazil's "Red Command" drug cartel is considered a plague by the government. But for the people of t...