The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film written by University of British Columbia law professor Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. The documentary examines the modern-day corporation. Bakan wrote the book: The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, during the filming of the documentary.
The film was nominated for over 26 international awards, and won the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, 2004, along with a Special Jury Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2003 and 2004.
Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly
informative, THE
CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise
of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The
Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful
and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the
logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch
to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes
interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein,
Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions,
case studies and strategies for change.
Teaching Resources: CLICK HERE to see Lesson Plan on the Documentary Film
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