IDFA 2001
Le profit & rien d'autre!
Profit and Nothing But!
Raoul Peck
France
2001
57 min
n.a.
It is generally asserted that capitalism has triumphed. The capitalist economic system is racing around the world in a flush of victory. But is this contentment appropriate? In search of an answer to this question, director Raoul Peck made a trip to his native Haiti, where there is not much cause for celebration. Misery is the status quo for most Haitians. There is a gaping chasm of inequality between the majority that has nothing and a small group of rich people. Peck confronts the spectator with the question of whether this is a victory. He lays bare several weak points of capitalism by combining economic analyses and propositions with scenes from life in the fishing village of Port-à-Piment. Peck is pessimistic about the outcome of the confrontation between theory and reality. After all, what has happened to solidarity?
Credits
Distribution
Doc & Film International
Doc & Film International
World Sales
Doc & Film International
Doc & Film International
Director
Cinematography
Jean-Pierre Crasset,
Kirsten Johnson,
Jacques Besse
Jean-Pierre Crasset,
Kirsten Johnson,
Jacques Besse