Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis

198357 min 35 secFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Peter RaymontRobert Collison

Production: John KramerJohn Spotton

Script: Robert Collison

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with the CBC.

This fast-paced documentary tells the inside story of how Bank of Montreal chairman William Mulholland dealt with his bank's debt-laden customers, Dome Petroleum and Mexico, during the summer of 1982, the summer the global debt crisis took the world by surprise. Interwoven with the Bank of Montreal's story are interviews with well-known international bankers and financial experts who explain the causes of the debt crisis, confirm the extreme fragility of the international banking system, and outline the problems to be solved if the system is to survive.

Subject categories


  • Economics > Finance, Investment and Taxation

Credits


director
Peter Raymont
Robert Collison
producer
John Kramer
executive producer
John Spotton
screenplay
Robert Collison
camera
Mark Irwin
Rene Ohashi
sound
Bryan Day
editing
Murray Battle
sound editing
Robin Leigh
re-recording
Terry Cooke
narrator
Peter Raymont

Awards


  • Actra Award for Best Writer given to Robert Collisson - Category: Documentary/Public Affairs Itinerant - Annual ACTRA Awards