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Payback

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Plot Summary

Margaret Atwood's visionary work Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth is the basis for this riveting and poetic documentary on "debt" in its various forms-societal, personal, environmental, spiritual, criminal, and of course, economic. Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes) strikingly interweaves these (sometimes surprising) debtor/creditor relationships: two families in a years-long Albanian blood feud; the BP oil spill vs. the Earth; mistreated Florida tomato farm workers and their bosses; imprisoned media mogul Conrad Black and the U.S. justice system. With stunning cinematography and insightful commentary from renowned thinkers Raj Patel, Louise Arbour and Atwood herself, Payback is a brilliant, game-changing rumination on the subject.

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Payback Movie Review

Funrahi Rating
3.5 out of 5
Funrahi Verdict
“ Brave Movie! Watchable! ”
  • Reviews Counted: 3
  • Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 1
Top Critics' Reviews
2.5/5

You can't help feeling that the movie owed its subject - and its audience - a bit more.
A.O. Scott, New York Times - April 25, 2012

4/5

Payback is nothing if not brave.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail - April 25, 2012

3.5/5

The compelling human stories are often stalled behind a logjam of interviews with experts and intellectuals that are intended to add perspective but disrupt the movie's flow.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star - April 25, 2012

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