Life and Debt credits

Directed By

Stephanie Black

Written By

Jamaica Kincaid
narration / novel "A Small Place"

Cast

Belinda Becker
Narrator: Buju Banton
Self - Singer: Horst Köhler
Self - Director, International Monetary Fund: Michael Manley
Self - Former Prime Minister of Jamaica: Stanley Fischer
Self - Deputy Director International Monetary Fund: Michael Witter
Self - Professor of Economics, University of West Indies: David Coore
Self - Former Minister of Finance, Jamaica: Bill Clinton
Self - President of the United States: Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Self - President, Haiti: Yami Bolo
Self - Singer: Tom Lipetzky
Self - U.S. Potato Board: Kathy Owen
News Anchor: Jerry J. Rawlings
Self - Former President, Ghana: Jamaica Kincaid
Narrator

Produced By

Stephanie Black
producer: Sarah Manley
assistant producer: Jamaica

Cinematography

Kyle Kibbe
: Richard Lannaman
director of photography: Alex Nepomniaschy
: Malik Hassan Sayeed

Sound

Coll Anderson
supervising sound editor / sound designer: Mike Boyle
additional sound: Andrew Bracken
sound effects editor: Jesse Ehredt
sound recordist: Dustin Hudson
stereo sound engineer: Dolby: Blake Leyh
additional sound editor: Kimberly R. McCord-Wilson
additional dialogue: Don McGregor
additional sound: Frank Morrone
re-recording mixer: Caleb Mose
sound recordist: Brenda Ray
sound recordist: Alex Soto
assistant sound editor

Editing

John Mullen

Production Management

Betsy Blakemore
production manager: New York City: Jeremy Francis
production manager: Jamaica: Peter Packer
production manager: Jamaica

Editorial

Suzanne Bauman
additional editor: Kelli Boyles
post-production assistant: Shannon Clark
post-production assistant: Donna Clarke
post-production assistant: Jake Diamond
additional picture editor: Alyce Hrakbak
post-production assistant: Sean John
post-production assistant: Benjamin Kast
post-production assistant: Garrett Levin
post-production assistant: Baderinwa Lumoja
post-production assistant: Lauren Nakamura
post-production assistant: Nathan Pommer
post-production assistant: Carleene Samuels
post-production assistant: Sky Sitney
post-production assistant: Jon Stefansson
additional editor: Nicholas Stone
additional picture editor: Neal Usatin
additional editor: Michael Yetter
negative cutter

Other

Nancy Baker
special thanks: Tracey Baker
special thanks: Buju Banton
special thanks: Alex Bingham
special thanks: Adam Black
special thanks: Larry Black
special thanks: Sylvia Black
special thanks: Yami Bolo
special thanks: Jim Brown
special thanks: Bigga Chambers
special thanks: Elisa Chavez
special thanks: Sarita Choudhury
special thanks: Williams Cole
special thanks: The Couch Family
special thanks: Doreen Crujeiris
special thanks: Aaron Denenberg
special thanks: Bona Elswau
special thanks: Lise Engel
special thanks: Kurt Engfehr
special thanks: Solarium Editorial: Leslie Fuchs-Obstfeld
special thanks: Reg E. Gaines
special thanks: Danielle Goodman
special thanks: David Greenwald
special thanks: Laurie Gunst
special thanks: Mary Gunst
special thanks: Jason Hall
special thanks: Michele Hamilton
special thanks: The Harts
special thanks: Jesper Haynes
special thanks: Rohan Henry
special thanks: The Henzel Family
special thanks: Kim Ives
special thanks: Ras Ivi
special thanks: Ken Jacobs
special thanks: Nancy Jeffries
special thanks: Robert Kenner
special thanks: KK
special thanks: Saul Landau
acknowledgment: archival footage "Land of My Birth" and "Steppin'": Aaron Langley
special thanks: Horace Levy
special thanks: James Lyons
special thanks: Tynsi Lyons
special thanks: The Manley Family
special thanks: Cedella Marley
special thanks: Tim Masick
special thanks: Jim McKay
special thanks: Pat McKay
special thanks: Mutabaruka
special thanks: Mark Polyocan
special thanks: The Tape House: Jeffrey Posternak
special thanks: Ricky
special thanks: Heidi Schuster
special thanks: Tim Sherry
special thanks: Andreas Staka
special thanks: Steven Starr
special thanks: Carol Thomas
special thanks: Valdo
special thanks: Milton Walker
special thanks: Katharina Weingartner
special thanks: Haskell Wexler
acknowledgment: archival footage "Land of My Birth" and "Steppin'": Feonia Williams
special thanks: Michael Witter
special thanks: Irwin Young
special thanks: Du Art

Camera Department

John Bentham
steadicam operator: Chris Brown
additional camera operator / assistant camera: Earl Brown
electrician / gaffer: Roy Buchanan
grip: Richard Chisolm
additional camera operator: Winfred 'Soljie' Henry
grip: Katharine Kean
additional camera operator: Tallawah Levy
additional camera operator: Jonathan Weaver
assistant camera

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