• Director(s):

    CREPU (JEAN)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, LADYBIRDS FILMS

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2009

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD, CINEMA, MOBILE

Rice feeds one in every two human beings on a daily basis, and as such is key to worldwide food security. The precious crop has the power to guarantee political stability or to topple governments. Golden FIPA and Etoile de la SCAM 2009.

Not long ago, the inhabitants of Port au Prince in Haiti cried famine. In Cairo and Dakar, crowds took to the streets. In Manila, shantytowns were on the brink of revolt. Everywhere, the cause was the same - the price of rice had exploded. Why was the market affected so aversely?
With its detailed enquiry into producers and exporters in Thailand, into international traders in Geneva, and into importers in Dakar, Bamako and Manila, "Ricejacking" reveals the mechanisms that led to the 2008 crisis - corruption at the very highest level, abusive monopolies, and speculation, which forced Africa to pay very high prices for Asian rice.