Stephanie Black is an American documentary

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and producer. She resides in New York City. Her award-winning film works include ''

H-2 Worker ''H-2 Worker'' is a 1990 documentary film about the exploitation of Jamaican guest workers in Florida's sugar cane industry. It was directed by Stephanie Black, and won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for documentaries in the 1990 f ...

'', which documents the more than 10,000 Caribbean men brought to Florida each year under a temporary guestworker "H-2" visa to harvest sugar cane for American sugar corporations. The film won Best Documentary Award and Best Cinematography Awards at

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in 1990. ''

Life and Debt ''Life and Debt'' is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Stephanie Black. It examines the economic and social situation in Jamaica, and specifically how the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's structural adjustment polic ...

'' (2001), on the impact the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and

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and current globalization policies have had on the economic development of Jamaica, won widespread recognition, including a Critics Jury Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In 2008, Stephanie Black produced and directed "Africa Unite", a feature-length musical documentary on Bob Marley's 60th birthday celebration in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia for the Marley family. Stephanie Black is also a television director of children's programming for Sesame Street, Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network. She has also directed television specials broadcast on Lifetime TV and BRAVO.

References

# Greg Tate http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-06-12/news/journey-through-debtor-s-prison/1/ #Linton Kwesi Johnson http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2003/feb/28/artsfeatures1 #The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2003/feb/28/artsfeatures.documentary

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''Life and Debt''
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