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November 12, 2004
Film: _The Corporation_
The Corporation (Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, Canada, 2003)(3
pm in Gifford)
Pass through our golden arches and feel the familiar Nike-swoosh of
globalization! (But please, mind the GAP.) 150 years ago, a legal
entity, the "corporation," was invented. It is an artificial person, a
way for business holdings to be consolidated and to attain the legal
rights of a person. Strangely enough, this "person" bears few of the
responsibilities you or I do. Based on Joel Bakan's book of the same
name, The Corporation mounts a case against the pervasive impact that
corporations have on our lives, and on the globe. Ironically adopting
the tone of a board-meeting Powerpoint display, the film gently alerts
us to the psychopath in our midst. Included are interviews with Michael
Moore, agriculture activist Vandana Shiva, historian Howard Zinn, and No
Logo author Naomi Klein.
Posted by mryonker at November 12, 2004 09:34 PM