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Jennifer Abbott is a Genie and Sundance award winning filmmaker dedicated to filmmaking as art, philosophy and activism. She is best known as the Co-Director and Editor of THE CORPORATION (2003), still the top grossing and most awarded documentary in Canadian history also credited as one of the top ten films to inspire the Occupy movement.
Mar 3, 2023 · One of the most impactful documentaries ever made, The Corporation celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023. Hello Cool World is proud to offer this *high-re...
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The Corporation. Directors Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott. Year 2003. Run Time 120min. Genre Documentary. For more than a hundred years, US corporations — including giants like Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Nike — have been treated as “persons” under the law. But if a corporation is a person, what kind of person is it?
Jul 16, 2004 · Advertisement. "The Corporation" is not a film my dinner companion would enjoy. It begins with the unsettling information that, under the law, a corporation is not a thing but a person. The U.S. Supreme Court so ruled, in a decision based, bizarrely, on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. That was the one that guaranteed former slaves equal ...
The narrative starts, perfectly, at the beginning of corporations, and goes through their ascendancy to their place in modern society. The interviewees run the ideological spectrum, although the editing does not. The movie goes through and tries to stay as hands off as possible, and for the most part succeeds.
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 […]
Jul 26, 2013 · As a result, the film makes a convincing and educational case. At almost two-and-half hours, this documentary is lengthy but it is informative and insightful all the way through. The film could benefit from some alternative views, as it is slightly one-sided, allowing the viewer to weigh up the facts and draw their own conclusion.
