The Globalisation Tapes
Vision Machine Film Project
Running time:71 minutes
Indonesia 2003

Post Screening Discussion with the members of the Vision Machine Film Project

A story told by the union members from the palm oil plantations in Indonesia. It is not only inspirational but instructive. Using their own forbidden history as a case study, the Indonesian filmmakers trace the development of contemporary globalisation from its roots in colonialism to the present.

Through chilling first-hand accounts, hilarious improvised interventions, collective debate and archival collage, The Globalisation Tapes exposes the devastating role of militarism and repression in building the ‘global economy’. It explores the relationships between trade, third-world debt and international institutions like the IMF and the World Trade Organisation. The film is a lyrical and incisive account of how these institutions shape and enforce the corporate world order.

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