Debtocracy (2011)

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Debtocracy seeks the causes of the Greek debt crisis and proposes solutions sidelined by the government and the dominant media. It follows countries like Ecuador that created debt Audit Commissions and tracks this process in Greece.

Directors:

Aris Chatzistefanou, Katerina Kitidi

Writers:

Aris Chatzistefanou, Katerina Kitidi, Leonidas Vatikiotis

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For the first time in Greece, a documentary produced by the audience. Â“DebtocracyÂ” seeks the causes of the debt crisis and proposes solutions sidelined by the government and the dominant media. The documentary is distributed online under creative commons license since April 6, 2011, subtitled in six languages.

Aris Chatzistefanou and Katerina Kitidi discuss with economists, journalists and intellectuals from all over the world, who describe the steps that led Greece to the current debt trap Â–to debtocracy. The documentary follows the course of countries like Ecuador, which created Audit Commissions, and tracks the similar process in Greece.

Debtocracy features the academics David Harvey, Samir Amin, Costas Lapavitsas and Gerard Dumenil; the philosopher Alain Badiou; the head of EcuadorÂ’s Audit Commission Hugo Arias; the president of CADTM Eric Toussaint; journalists like Avi Lewis (co-creator of the documentary Â“The TakeÂ”) and Jean Quatremer; as well as public figures like Manolis Glezos and Sahra Wagenknecht (from the German party Die Linke).

The soundtrack was written by Yiannis Aggelakas, Ermis Georgiadis and Aris RSN, while the journalist and economist Leonidas Vatikiotis scientifically edited the whole project. BitsnBytes undertook the production of Â“DebtocracyÂ”, which was edited by Aris Triantafyllou.

The creators of Â“DebtocracyÂ” worked pro bono. In order to avoid any kind of dependencies, they turned to syndicates and workersÂ’ unions for funding. Mainly though, they turned to the citizens, who helped in co-producing the film. The publicÂ’s response was overwhelming and it led us to undertake a new project: the documentary Catastroika, on which you can read more here: http://www.catastroika.com.

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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Samir Amin	...	Self
	Hugo Arias	...	Self
	Alain Badiou	...	Self
	Gerard Dumenil	...	Self
	Manolis Glezos	...	Self
	David Harvey	...	Self
	Kostas Lapavitsas	...	Self
	Avi Lewis	...	Self
	Fernando E. Solanas	...	Self
	Eric Toussaint	...	Self

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Aris Chatzistefanou
Katerina Kitidi

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Aris Chatzistefanou	...	(writer)

Katerina Kitidi	...	(writer)

Leonidas Vatikiotis	...	()

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Kostas Efimeros

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Giannis Angelakas

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Aris Triandafyllou

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Thanos Tsantas

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Aris Papastefanou	...	camera operator
Julia Reinecke	...	camera operator

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Sokratis Galiatsatos	...	animator
Magda Plevraki	...	animator

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Rsn Aris	...	composer: additional music
Ermis Georgiadis	...	composer: additional music

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Leonidas Vatikiotis

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Mihalis Alimanis	...	production secretary
Aggeliki Gaidatzi	...	production staff
Fany Gaidatzi	...	production staff
Ioulia Kileri	...	production staff
Margarita Tsomou	...	researcher

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NHK BS1 (2011) (Japan) (tv)

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Plot Keywords	ecuador greece argentina iraq eurozone See All (7) »
Taglines	A documentary about debt See more »
Genres	Documentary
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Also Known As	Χρεοκρατία (Greece) Hreokratia (Greece) Deudocracia (Spain) Долгократия (Russia) See more »
Runtime	75 min
Official Sites	Official site Official site
Country	Greece
Language	Greek English Spanish French German
Color	Color
Filming Locations	Greece See more »

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Movie Connections	Followed by Catastroika (2012). See more »
Quotes	Alain Badiou: The capitalists don't intent to pay the crisis on their own. They are not altruists. See more »

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