North-South Monologue
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Duration: 58
Year Published: 1990
Creator: National Film Board of Canada
Format: 16mm
Color: Color
Description: In an attempt to understand the relationship and ensuing dialogue between developed and developing nations, a Canadian journalist and a filmmaker travel to Haiti, a popular investment site of multinational companies. Interviews with both local and foreign management indicate that a profit motive underpins much foreign "aid," and that the exploitation of developing nations by mining, tourism, and manufacturing companies from the industrial world serves to maintain a monologue in which only the powerful donor countries have a voice. Throughout this film essay, images of luxury alternating with views of extreme poverty support the filmmakers' questioning of principles that govern foreign aid and investment--principles that apply in many parts of the developing world.
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