Payback (2012)

Name: Payback
Rating: 3.3

3.3 of 5 from 45 ratings

1h 25min

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Margaret Atwood's visionary work Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth is the basis for this riveting and poetic documentary on "debt" in its various forms - societal, personal, environmental, spiritual, criminal, and of course, economic. Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes) strikingly interweaves these (sometimes surprising) debtor/creditor relationships: two families in a years-long Albanian blood feud; the BP oil spill vs. the Earth; mistreated Florida tomato farm workers and their bosses; imprisoned media mogul Conrad Black and the U.S. justice system.
With stunning cinematography and insightful commentary from renowned thinkers Raj Patel, Louise Arbour and Atwood herself, Payback is a brilliant, game-changing rumination on the subject.
Actors:: Eric Schlosser, Margaret Atwood, Conrad Black, Lucas Benitez, Gjin Marku, Louise Arbour, William Rees, Karen Armstrong, Gregorio Venegas, Casi Callaway, Gerardo Reyes, Florence Barran, Jon Esformes, Raj Patel, Ilir Prenaga, Pashke Prenaga, Paul Mohammed, Llesh Prenaga, Francis Dolan, Petrit Prenaga
Directors:: Jennifer Baichwal
Voiced By:: Not Available
Writers:: Margaret Atwood, Jennifer Baichwal
Genres:: Documentary
Countries:: Canada