''Payback'' is a 2012

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

from

Jennifer Baichwal Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer. Biography Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.

based on

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...

's '' Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth'', which investigates the concept of debt in societies across the world (and not only on a monetary level). As a Canadian, Baichwal was quite familiar with Atwood's reputation: A number of prominent intellectuals provide commentary, including economist and writer

Raj Patel Rajeev "Raj" Patel (born 1972) is a British Indian academic, journalist, activist and writer who has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the United States for extended periods. He has been referred to as "the rock star of social ju ...

, ecologist

William E. Rees William Rees, Royal Society of Canada, FRSC (born December 18, 1943), is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and former director of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC. Rees taught at the University o ...

, historian of religions

Karen Armstrong Karen Armstrong (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and m ...

, and former

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Louise Arbour Louise Bernice Arbour (born February 10, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer, prosecutor and jurist. Arbour was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former C ...

. The film was produced by Ravida Din for the

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. It premiered at the

2012 Sundance Film Festival The 2012 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 until January 29, 2012 in Park City, Utah. 64 short films were selected for the festival from 7,675 submissions, including 27 international shorts from 3,592 submissions. Non-competition ...

. ''Payback'' is distributed by

Zeitgeist Films Zeitgeist Films is a New York-based distribution company founded in 1988 which acquires and distributes films from the U.S. and around the world. In 2017, Zeitgeist entered into a multi-year strategic alliance with film distributor Kino Lorber. ...

, which also distributed Baichwal's previous works ''

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'' and ''

Manufactured Landscapes ''Manufactured Landscapes'' is a 2006 feature-length documentary film about the industrial landscape photography of Edward Burtynsky. It was directed by Jennifer Baichwal and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films. It was the first of three documentary ...

''. The film is being distributed in Canada by

Mongrel Media Mongrel Media is an independent Canadian film distributor established in 1994 by Hussain Amarshi. It is the exclusive Canadian theatrical distributor for Sony Pictures Classics, Neon, and Lionsgate and titles from A24, Amazon Studios, Saban Film ...

, beginning March 2012.

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Q&A with Baichwal in Salt Lake Tribune
* Scott, A. O.
"Why the World’s Debt Is About More Than Money"
''New York Times'' review. " ies to show how debt extends far beyond the domain of money", per ''Times''. 2012 films Documentary films about economics 2012 documentary films Canadian documentary films National Film Board of Canada documentaries Films based on works by Margaret Atwood Works about debt Films directed by Jennifer Baichwal Massey Lectures Films based on non-fiction books 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub

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