Debtocracy

ForthefirsttimeinGreece,adocumentaryproducedbytheaudience.“Debtocracy”seeksthecausesofthedebtcrisisandproposessolutionssidelinedbythegovernmentandthedominantmedia.ThedocumentaryisdistributedonlineundercreativecommonslicencesinceApril6,2011,subtitledinsixlanguages.<br/>　　ArisChatzistefanouandKaterinaKitididiscusswitheconomists,journalistsandintellectualsfromallovertheworld,whodescribethestepsthatledGreecetothecurrentdebttrap–todebtocracy.ThedocumentaryfollowsthecourseofcountrieslikeEcuador,whichcreatedAuditCommissions,andtracksthesimilarprocessinGreece.<br/>　　DebtocracyfeaturestheacademicsDavidHarvey,SamirAmin,CostasLapavitsasandGerardDumenil;thephilosopherAlainBadiou;theheadofEcuador’sAuditCommissionHugoArias;thepresidentofCADTMEricToussaint;journalistslikeAviLewis(co-creatorofthedocumentary“TheTake”)andJeanQuatremer;aswellaspublicfigureslikeManolisGlezosandSahraWagenknecht(fromtheGermanpartyDieLinke).<br/>　　ThesoundtrackwaswrittenbyYiannisAggelakas,ErmisGeorgiadisandArisRSN,whilethejournalistandeconomistLeonidasVatikiotisscientificallyeditedthewholeproject.BitsnBytesundertooktheproductionof“Debtocracy”,whichwaseditedbyArisTriantafyllou.<br/>　　Thecreatorsof“Debtocracy”workedprobono.Inordertoavoidanykindofdependencies,theyturnedtosyndicatesandworkers’unionsforfunding.Mainlythough,theyturnedtothecitizens,whohelpedinco-producingthefilm.Thepublic’sresponsewasoverwhelminganditledustoundertakeanewproject:thedocumentaryCatastroika,onwhichyoucanreadmorehere:<ahref=&quot;https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catastroika.com&link2key=b1a13e9645&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;>http://www.catastroi<wbr/>ka.com</a>.