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The Corporation

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This documentary begins with an unusual detail that came from the 14th Amendment: Under constitutional law, corporations are seen as individuals. So, filmmaker Mark Achbar asks, what type of person would a corporation be? The evidence, according to such political activists as Noam Chomsky and filmmaker Michael Moore and company heads like carpet magnate Ray Anderson, points to a bad one, as the film aims to expose IBM's Nazi ties and these large businesses' exploitation of human rights.

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The Corporation is a satisfyingly dense, thought-provoking rebuttal to some of capitalism's central arguments.

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Joshua Rothkopf In These Times 03/16/2020
Building its indictment carefully, with well-chosen interviews...The Corporation may leave you in a rage. Go to Full Review David Ansen Newsweek 03/13/2018
This smart, informative and lively polemic makes a strong case for viewing the corporation--which enjoys the legal status of an individual--as a psychopath run amok. Go to Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 10/19/2004
3/5
There's at least one great hour of filmmaking in The Corporation. Go to Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/15/2021
Despite its denunciations of corporate malfeasance, Achbar, Abbott and Bakan's work is curiously devoid of urgency. There is no crisis of the system. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/05/2020
3.5/4.0
This film should make you angry and a little more willing to resist corporate urges. Go to Full Review Brian Costello Common Sense Media 09/21/2015
4/5
Eye-opening docu on corporate power is timely, provocative. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/19/2019 One word: indoctrination See more 09/05/2017 In case you weren't aware, capitalism is evil. See more 01/13/2017 Good movie and very interesting to see what's happening in the world of big corporations and their push to dominate the world and evolution. It shows that we need to be more aware of the environment and child labour and more concern for the big corporations and where they stand on the big issues See more 10/16/2016 Terrifying, depressing wake up call. Can't believe it took me over a decade to finally watch it. See more ma'ark t 09/28/2015 This doco will make you angry and helpless at the same time. See more 03/01/2015 One of the best documentaries I've seen in a long while really eye opening to the tactics of big business. See more Read all reviews
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Mark Achbar

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Jennifer Abbott

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Milton Friedman

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Samuel Epstein

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Peter Drucker

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Noam Chomsky

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Synopsis This documentary begins with an unusual detail that came from the 14th Amendment: Under constitutional law, corporations are seen as individuals. So, filmmaker Mark Achbar asks, what type of person would a corporation be? The evidence, according to such political activists as Noam Chomsky and filmmaker Michael Moore and company heads like carpet magnate Ray Anderson, points to a bad one, as the film aims to expose IBM's Nazi ties and these large businesses' exploitation of human rights.
Director
Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
Producer
Mark Achbar
Screenwriter
Joel Bakan
Distributor
Zeitgeist Films
Production Co
Big Pictures Media Corporation
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 10, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.9M
Runtime
2h 48m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR
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