The CorporationThe Corporation
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Current format, DVD, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsPt.1. Examines the pathological self-interest of the modern corporation. Pt.2. Looks at the scope of commerce and the sophisticated techniques marketers use to get their brands into our homes. Pt.3. Examines how corporations make agreements with governments that allow sweatshops. Illustrates the victories of small, persistent voices, powerful enough to stop huge corporations as they attempt to take away power and choices from individuals, communities and governments. Some examples of positive activism are presented.
Six years in the making, THe Corporation reveals behind-the-scenes tensions and influences in several corporate and anti-corporate dramas, through jaw-dropping case studies. Like people, corporations have complex "personalities" and like a good psychoanalyst, the filmakers gently guide the stories and characters to reveal thier true selves. The prognosis is grim for human beings, the environment, democracy, and the very survival of our planet. Providing a much-needed analysis of global commerce, The Corporation asks: Is there a cure for the pathological pursuit of profit at any cost, or can we hope to apply restraints? The series includes a multitude of views through interviews with CEO's and top-level executives for the world's largest corporations --
Six years in the making, THe Corporation reveals behind-the-scenes tensions and influences in several corporate and anti-corporate dramas, through jaw-dropping case studies. Like people, corporations have complex "personalities" and like a good psychoanalyst, the filmakers gently guide the stories and characters to reveal thier true selves. The prognosis is grim for human beings, the environment, democracy, and the very survival of our planet. Providing a much-needed analysis of global commerce, The Corporation asks: Is there a cure for the pathological pursuit of profit at any cost, or can we hope to apply restraints? The series includes a multitude of views through interviews with CEO's and top-level executives for the world's largest corporations --
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- [Vancouver, BC?] : Big Picture Media Corporation, Kelowna, BC : Filmwest Associates, [2003].
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