Debtocracy (2011)

Original title

Χρεοκρατία

Directed by

Aris Chatzistefanou

Genre

documentary film

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary investigates the 2010 Greek debt crisis and argues that the debt was odious. It explains the economic and political factors behind the crisis and advocates for a default.

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What happens

Debtocracy (Greek: Χρεοκρατία Chreokratía) is a 2011 left-wing documentary film by Katerina Kitidi and Aris Chatzistefanou. The documentary examines the causes of the Greek government-debt crisis in 2010 and advocates for the default of "odious debt". The documentary has been distributed online under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license since 6 April 2011, and the production said that it has no interest in any kind of commercial exploitation of the project. The documentary is available in Greek and English and is subtitled in French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. According to The Nation, half a million people watched the film in the first five days of its release. The film was followed by a Greek-language book with the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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