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Profit and Nothing But
Directed by Raoul Peck
Produced in France, 2001
Running Time: 57m
Format: Beta SP video
Genre: Documentary
Distributor: First Run/Icarus Films
Website: www.frif.com

Who said that the economy serves mankind? What is this world where one third of the population, in the rich countries, or more precisely the wealthiest two percent in the world, control everything? A world where the economy is law, where this law of the strongest is imposed on the rest of humanity? Why do we accept this cynical and immoral state of being? What happened to Solidarity? And to the militants? These are the questions PROFIT AND NOTHING BUT! asks. Capitalism has succeeded in convincing us that it is the only truth, the only morality we need. It has even convinced its opponents that their failure lies within the normal scheme of things. Raoul Peck (director of LUMUMBA) contrasts this heavily documented illumination of the capitalist system with the devastating reality in his native land, Haiti "a country that doesn't exist, where intellectual discussion has become a luxury." To read more about the director and the film, please visit the traveling festival section of our site.

Saturday, January 25th at 4pm at the Coolidge Corner Video Screening Room
Co-presented by Massachusetts Jobs With Justice and the Association of Haitian Women in Boston
(Also screening at 7pm and 9pm on Monday the 27th January at Coolidge Corner)

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