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.
| Writing | Jamaica Kincaid | Writer |
| Directing | Stephanie Black | Director |
| Production | Stephanie Black | Producer |
| Production | Peter Packer | Production Manager |
| Editing | Suzanne Bauman | Additional Editing |
| Camera | Chris Browne | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Brenda Ray | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Jon Stefansson | Additional Editing |
| Directing | Neal Usatin | Assistant Director |
| Editing | John Mullen | Editor |
| Production | Sarah Manley | Producer's Assistant |
| Camera | Jonathan Weaver | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Winfred "Soljie" Henry | Driver |
| Production | Betsy Blakemore | Production Manager |
| Lighting | Earl Brown | Electrician |
| Crew | Roy Buchanan | Driver |
| Camera | Richard Chisolm | Additional Camera |
| Editing | Neal Usatin | Additional Editing |
| Production | Talawah Levy | Production Assistant |
| Production | Victor Patterson | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Benjamin Kast | Post Production Assistant |
| Camera | Talawah Levy | Additional Camera |
| Editing | Nicholas Stone | Assistant Picture Editor |
| Camera | Roy Buchanan | Grip |
| Crew | Donna Clarke | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Carleene Samuels | Post Production Assistant |
| Production | Jeremy Francis | Production Manager |
| Crew | Kelli Boyles | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Alyce Hrakbak | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Lauryn Nakamura | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sky Sitney | Post Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Earl Brown | Gaffer |
| Crew | Baderinwa L-Umoja | Post Production Assistant |
| Camera | Chris Browne | Additional Camera |
| Crew | Nate Pommer | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Garrett Levin | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sean John | Post Production Assistant |
| Camera | Winfred "Soljie" Henry | Grip |
| Editing | Talawah Levy | Assistant Picture Editor |
| Crew | Shannon Clark | Post Production Assistant |
| Sound | Coll Anderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Alex Soto | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Caleb Mose | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Kyle Kibbe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Richard Lannaman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Alex Nepomniaschy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Malik Hassan Sayeed | Director of Photography |
