The Corporation

The Corporation puts today’s most powerful institution at the center of inquiry. It explores its history and rise to dominance, and it reveals the far-reaching implications of the fact that, legally, a corporation is deemed “a person”. But what kind of person is it? After point-by-point analysis, The Corporation delivers a disturbing diagnosis: the institutional embodiment of laissez-faire capitalism fully meets the diagnostic criteria of a psychopath. As the film considers the work and values of the flesh and blood people who comprise the corporate person, questions arise. What are the consequences – for human beings, the environment, democracy, and the very survival of our planet – of granting immense power to an institution that is structurally amoral, and whose prime directive is merely to create wealth for shareholders?
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Script: Joel Bakan (based οn his book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power)
Cinematography: Mark Achbar, RoIf Cutts, Jeff Hoffman
Editing: Jennifer Abbott
Sound: Velcrow Ripper
Music: Leonard J. Paul
Producers: Mark Achbar, Bart Simpson
Format: DigiBeta CoIor-B&W
Production Country: Canada
Production Year: 2003
Duration: 145
Awards
Special Jury Award – IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2003, The Netherlands
History-Biography-Social-Political Documentary- Overall Sound – Leo Awards 2004, Canada
Most Popular Canadian Film – Vancouver IFF 2004, Canada
Audience Award – Philadelphia FF 2004, USA
Audience Award – Sundance FF 2004, USA
Audience Award – Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2004
Best Documentary Film – Genesis Awards 2005, USA
Documentary Film – Genie Awards 2005, Canada

Mark Achbar

Filmography

1999 Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage
2003 The Corporation

Mark Achbar

Jennifer Abbott