http://www.thecorporation.tv/ i'm surprised no one has posted about this. has anyone else seen it? i think this is a very important film for people to see because of the huge influence corporations have over our lives and the fate of the planet. my only real criticism of the film was that the last segment, on activism and what can be done was inspiring - people can challenge corporations and bring about change - but failed to provide the viewer with any practical, immediate steps to take or mention any responsible alternatives or changes that people can make in their own daily lives. i think it's important that people see this movie and face the truth about the huge artificial legal constructs that have rights as "people" but are not held accountable to anyone for the massive suffering and destruction they cause, but unless a film like this gives the viewer a first step to take, something practical and simple that they can do right away, the anger stirred can quickly turn to despair and foster the sense of powerlessness that allows corporations to continue to manipulate the public. the film talked quite a bit about pesticides and sweatshops, and factory farms but failed to mention CSA, organics, fair trade products, industrial hemp and other green and socially responsible alternatives. it would have been helpful to provide the viewer with some clear resources to follow up on, either to learn more about or get active with the global justice movement, or at least to provide some options for alternatives, such as: http://corpwatch.radicaldesigns.org/index.php http://www.sweatshops.org/ http://www.thecampaign.org/ http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/
I started a thread last August, but it generated no more interest than yours: http://hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27620
i don't understand why more people haven't seen it. i think it's available for rental now, although you might not be able to find it at blockbuster. i think this film & the information it delivers is too important to be ignored!
I don't think it got much publicity, which isn't too surprising. My friend just told about another movie that sounds very similar, called The Yes Men. I plan to rent it this weekend.
I was just coming here to start a thread on it! I love this movie, the best documentary I've ever seen, much less biased than Michael Moore. I think at the end of the film, if you watch the credits, it lists a bunch of sites where you can become involved in various related movements, as well as general suggestions, like buy local, or ban bigb corporate placement and monopolies in schools. Check out the end credits..... I loved this movie so much, I went out and bought it the next day after renting it (from Future Shop, unfortuneately, for $35.00) but I'm convincing everyone I know to borrow it from me and watch it. Maybe alot of people haven't seen it cause it's a Canadian film. Those films tend to not be spread around too much cause everyone thinks Canadian film sucks. Well, this is the best film I've seen come from Canada, I can say that..... P.S. this movie is where my signature comes from if anyone was wondering...
One other thing I loved about this movie was the narrator. I think it's the same one who did a couple shorts in the Animatrix. Such a haunting delicate voice. If I ever make a film I'm sooooo recruiting her.
Maybe they don't offer up any immediate recourse simply to keep it as an objective investigation and not platforming one group etc... over another then nobody can try and accuse them of being a schill for anyone. d/k, but it certainly does fire one up and opens up the head to what's really going on. I specifically enjoyed how they psychoanalyzed the corporation as an individual. Got an ordered copy right here too that's been passed around on loan a few times. The more people who see it, the better.
The Corporation did have a few hopeful examples. There was that carpet company executive that's committed to environmentally sustainable means of production and that city in California that has limited the market share controlled by huge chain stores and restaurants. (By the way, I saw The Yes Men this weekend, and it was pretty lame.)
Since the topic of this thread is corporate corruption movies, there's one more that should be mentioned. The Enron Movie. It might not be shown in major theaters for whatever reason but I can hardly wait for the DVD release. http://www.enronmovie.com/
