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  "The
Globalization Tapes" were made in collaboration with
those a little further down the pile, closer to the mud (and
the rubber and the oil), closer to the memories of the
massacre that cleared the way for Indonesia's 'modernization'.
This film was shot by actual Indonesian workers who after
working in the fields each day would work on the film.
Using their own forbidden history as a case study, the
Indonesian filmmakers trace the development of contemporary
globalization from its roots in colonialism to the present.
Through chilling first-hand accounts, hilarious improvised
interventions, collective debate and archival collage,
"The Globalization Tapes" exposes the devastating
role of militarism and repression in building the "global
economy", and explores the relationships between trade,
third-world debt, and international institutions like the IMF
and the World Trade Organization.
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