Drawing on the hard work of dozens of volunteer videographers - Breaking the Bank is a fast-moving collaborative work that documents and explains the April protests against the IMF and the World Bank. Unlike the corporate media coverage of this historic event - this new video explores the issues that drove the protests. Breaking the Bank draws connections between the policies of these two little-known institutions and international militarism - ecologically devastating development projects - genetic engineering - and poverty within the First World. Breaking the Bank features interviews with luminaries such as Dr. Vandana Shiva - as well as figures such as Susan Sarandon - Micheal Moore - and Zach De La Roche of Rage Against the Machine. Scenes of confrontation and harassment by a brutal police force are intercut with the passionate actions of thousands of protestors. Breaking the Bank will serve as a testament to the creativity - and conviction of the growing movement against corporate globalization. produced April 2000 by Big Noise Films - Changing America - Headwaters Action Video Collective - JustAct - Paper Tiger TV - Sleeping Giant Productions - VideoActive and Whispered Media - in conjunction with the Independent Media Center. (VHS - 74 minutes - 2000) For more information - visit Global Exchange's IMF/World Bank Campaign. For information on institutional rates - please contact Earth Films directly.
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