Documentary Looks at Jamaica Tourists Don’t See

“Life and Debt,” a new documentary showing in limited theaters, examines the effects of globalization and institutions such as the World Bank on post-independence Jamaica. The film “contrasts the hard lot of Jamaicans with the luxurious tropical fantasy paradise experienced by tourists who arrive in posh Montego Bay and never see the grim shantytown realities of Kingston,” reviewer Kevin Thomas writes in today’s Los Angeles Times.

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