A favorite of the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd. Mostly silly propaganda, but some interesting bits too.
Synopsis below…
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The classic documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan, The Corporation, explores the evolution of the corporation, how it has managed to hoard so much financial and political power, and the environmental and social devastation left in the wake of corporations relentlessly pursuing profit over all else. Before corporate personhood was discussed in the mainstream media and enthusiastically supported by GOP presidential candidates, the filmmakers of The Corporation asked the provocative question, ‘if a corporation is a person, what kind of person is it?’ In pursuit of an answer to that question, the film analyses corporate behavior with over 40 interviews with the most respected political philosophers of our time, and with corporate CEOs, Wall Street traders, and other individuals whose fortunes depend on the enigmatic institution. The Corporation stands in a class by itself as a documentary. Over 2 and half hours, the film is propelled as much by visually story telling as narration, and remains a relevant, engrossing expose on the mind-boggling power of the modern corporation.