This unique documentary, co-produced by Link TV, takes viewers to the epicenter of a worldwide dispute, using "video bridge" technology in an attempt to find common ground between two different visions of globalization and its effects. On January 28, 2001, participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, were linked with representatives of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In a wide-ranging and spirited dialogue, the two sides come to grips with such issues as the unequal distribution of wealth and power, the plight of agricultural workers, and the elimination of Third World debt.
After the recent protests in Seattle, Bangkok, Prague and Nice, this a tentative first step toward public dialogue on the future of globalization. Participating from Davos are Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP); George Soros, international financier and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations; Bjorn Edlund, V.P. for Corporate Communications at Asea Brown Boveri (ABB); and John Ruggie, Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. In Porto Allegre, panelists include Rafael Alegria, Director of the International Movement of Landless Peasants; Hebe de Bonafini, President of the Argentinean Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo; and Njoki Njehu, Director of Fifty Years is Enough.
Gobalization: The Great Divide is a co-production of Article Z, InterAct and Link TV.
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