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 |
| Editing | John Mullen | Editor |
| Editing | Jon Stefansson | Additional Editing |
| Editing | Neal Usatin | Additional Editing |
| Editing | Suzanne Bauman | Additional Editing |
| Production | Sarah Manley | Producer's Assistant |
| Camera | Jonathan Weaver | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Chris Browne | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Neal Usatin | Assistant Director |
| Production | Peter Packer | Production Manager |
| Production | Jeremy Francis | Production Manager |
| Production | Betsy Blakemore | Production Manager |
| Lighting | Earl Brown | Electrician |
| Lighting | Earl Brown | Gaffer |
| Production | Talawah Levy | Production Assistant |
| Production | Victor Patterson | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Roy Buchanan | Driver |
| Camera | Roy Buchanan | Grip |
| Camera | Winfred "Soljie" Henry | Grip |
| Crew | Winfred "Soljie" Henry | Driver |
| Camera | Chris Browne | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Richard Chisolm | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Talawah Levy | Additional Camera |
| Editing | Talawah Levy | Assistant Picture Editor |
| Editing | Nicholas Stone | Assistant Picture Editor |
| Crew | Shannon Clark | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Alyce Hrakbak | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Nate Pommer | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Donna Clarke | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Kelli Boyles | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Garrett Levin | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Benjamin Kast | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Baderinwa L-Umoja | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Lauryn Nakamura | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sean John | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Carleene Samuels | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sky Sitney | Post Production Assistant |
| 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 |
