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T_SHIRT TRAVELS ON PBS | |
Date | Tuesday March 23 |
Time | 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
Event Type | Screening |
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Sherri Taylor Independent Television Service (ITVS) 415-356-8383 x240 sherri_taylor@itvs.org Web Site Launch for T-SHIRT TRAVELS http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/tshirttravels/ ITVS and PBS present T-SHIRT TRAVELS and its companion Web site at pbs.org/tshirttravels. While working with an international aid organization stationed in a remote village in Zambia, filmmaker Shantha Bloemen began seeing more and more unemployed Zambians selling used American clothing in the marketplace. Tracing a winding T-shirt trail carved by global economics, this documentary examines the devastating role of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in directing Zambia’s economic policies and the underlying reasons for so many Africans' remaining in poverty. T-SHIRT TRAVELS airs nationally on March 23, 2004 at 10:00 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). T-SHIRT TRAVELS Web Site Highlights | Track a T-Shirt Follow a T-shirt's journey around the globe, starting with its origins at a local charity drop box in New York City to an exporter's warehouse, and finally halfway across the world to a marketplace in a remote African village. | The People Watch video interviews with key figures featured in the film, including local Zambian businessmen, villagers and globalization experts. Hear their views on the free market, Zambia's debt and the nation's high poverty rate. | Impact of Debt Learn about the economic history of Zambia since its independence from Britain in 1964. Financially dependent on its mining industries, Zambia turned to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to borrow money in 1973 when the price of copper plummeted. Find out why programs such as structural adjustment prescribed by international lenders have left Zambians more impoverished, sick and illiterate than ever before. | Filmmaker Q&A Read an exclusive Q&A interview with filmmaker Shantha Bloemen in which she talks about how her experiences in Zambia inspired her to make T-SHIRT TRAVELS. Bloemen also shares her views on secondhand clothing, the current debt problem in Zambia and the unique role of public television. | Learn More Explore related Web sites, books and articles and learn more about debt in developing countries, international aid in Africa and African economic history. | Talkback Share your thoughts on the program and join a discussion on the secondhand clothing industry in Africa, debt in poor countries and donating clothes in the United States. # # # About INDEPENDENT LENS Hosted by Don Cheadle, this series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/independentlens |
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