'The Corporation' - a film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan
is on general release in the UK from 29th October along with the
accompanying book by Joel Bakan. The film has received over 10 public /
audience awards (including the sundance film festival 2004) and is already
being referenced in schools and colleges in Canada, and the US (mainly
business schools ...)
The documentary concerns itself with the development, impacts and role of
Corporations in global decision making and considers their psycological
behaviour and what sort of 'futures' are possible given their domination in
everyday life.
A cross section of individuals are interviewed including Vandana Shiva,
Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, as well as CEOs, Whistle-blowing
investigative journalists, a Wall Street commodities broker, and Michael
Moore (film maker and author as opposed to old head of the world bank).
For anyone who would like to get an 18 minute dvd summarising the
documentary (originally a 4 part documentary funded by the canadian tax
payer through the canadian broadcasting corporation), see
www.thecorporation.com or contact the UK distributors
(www.metrodomegroup.com)
Anyone who is around and about London town, look out for previews at the
Curzon cinemas / preview showings around the European Social Forum ....
'talk.learn.act'
Jo
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