In de jaren '70 sloot Jamaica een overeenkomst met het IMF dat het in ruil voor een som geld zijn importbeperkingen zou verlagen, de exportsubsidies zou afschaffen, de valuta zou devalueren en de overheidsuitgaven zou beperken. Dit bleek een strop voor de export van wortels, bananen en melk; ooit een belangrijk deel van de Jamaicaanse economie. Bovendien maakte de afgesproken beperking van overheidsuitgaven lange-termijnoplossingen voor de gezondheidszorg, infrastructuur en het onderwijs onmogelijk.
Nee, helaas is Life and Debt nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Stephanie Black | Director |
| Writing | Jamaica Kincaid | Writer |
| Production | Stephanie Black | Producer |
| Production | Peter Packer | Production Manager |
| Editing | John Mullen | Editor |
| Editing | Jon Stefansson | Additional Editing |
| Production | Sarah Manley | Producer's Assistant |
| Editing | Suzanne Bauman | Additional Editing |
| Camera | Richard Chisolm | Additional Camera |
| Crew | Shannon Clark | Post Production Assistant |
| Camera | Chris Browne | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Earl Brown | Gaffer |
| Crew | Lauryn Nakamura | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sky Sitney | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Winfred "Soljie" Henry | Driver |
| Camera | Talawah Levy | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Jonathan Weaver | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Earl Brown | Electrician |
| Camera | Roy Buchanan | Grip |
| Editing | Nicholas Stone | Assistant Picture Editor |
| Crew | Donna Clarke | Post Production Assistant |
| Production | Talawah Levy | Production Assistant |
| Production | Victor Patterson | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Alyce Hrakbak | Post Production Assistant |
| Camera | Winfred "Soljie" Henry | Grip |
| Crew | Garrett Levin | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Baderinwa L-Umoja | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sean John | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Carleene Samuels | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Benjamin Kast | Post Production Assistant |
| Production | Betsy Blakemore | Production Manager |
| Crew | Roy Buchanan | Driver |
| Crew | Nate Pommer | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Kelli Boyles | Post Production Assistant |
| Production | Jeremy Francis | Production Manager |
| Editing | Talawah Levy | Assistant Picture Editor |
| Camera | Chris Browne | Additional Camera |
| Sound | Coll Anderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Alex Soto | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Caleb Mose | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Alex Nepomniaschy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kyle Kibbe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Richard Lannaman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Malik Hassan Sayeed | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Brenda Ray | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Neal Usatin | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Neal Usatin | Additional Editing |
