Money makes the world go round. But where does money come from? How is it created? How does it run out?

Filmed in Argentina and in Turkey at a time when both countries are going through the worst financial crisis in their history, the film exposes the root causes of the crisis. It looks at how structural adjustment programs, imposed by the International Monetary Fund, have destroyed the two countries' economies, tapping their resources for foreign interests and gutting the value of their national currency.

Money is the blood of the economy and the basis of exchange. Deprived of money, Argentinians have a revolutionary idea and create their own currency. For them, it is a question of survival.

This phenomenon is not limited to countries in crisis. There are over 3000 barter networks for goods and services based on local currency. In the heart of the United States, in Ithaca (NY), the director met with a community for whom the local currency is the expression of their political will to support and develop local exchange at a time when capital so easily crosses borders.

Script, direction and research: Isaac Isitan Camera: Isaac Isitan, Tolga Kutluay, Michel Desroches, Kerem Saltuk Sound: Isaac Isitan, Pierre.Paul Martin Editing: Isabelle Massicotte, Carole Poliquin, Diego Briceno-Orduz Original Soundtrack: Roberto Lopez Text: Carole Poliquin Line Producer: Gunu-Helene Isitan, Veronique Saurjol Produced By: Carole Poliquin, Isaac Isitan

Produced with the financial participation of: SODEC /Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit /Canadian Fund for Independent Film and Video /Rogers Documentary Fund /Conseil des arts et lettres du Quebec /Canada Council for the Arts/Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit Program /in collaboration with TVS Quebec Canada (www.tv5.ca)

The “Money” video is being offered as a re-educational resources for The Cyberclass Network and The UsuryFree Network. Isaac Isitan and Carol Poliquin who produced the video permit copies to be made from the original and shared with those who are ready and willing to be re-educated. Isaac refers to this concept as “copyleft” because he believes the messages presented in the “Money” video need to be networked to the public so that they will more fully understand how and why we must promote usuryfree community currency as a complement to federal cash.

To order your copy of the “Money” video please forward cash, cheque or money order in the amount of $36.00 (Canadian funds) - shipping and handling included - to:

Tom J. Kennedy

P.O. Box 9333

Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3V1

CANADA

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