
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="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catastroika.com&link2key=b1a13e9645"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">http://www.catastroi<wbr/>ka.com</a>.