The corporation
Title
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The corporation
Summary
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Explore the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution in our time. Footage from pop culture, advertising, TV news, and corporate propaganda illuminates the corporation's grip on our lives. Taking its legal status as a "person" to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is ti?" Provoking, witty, sweepingly informative, the movie includes forty interviews with corporate insiders and critics - including Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Michael Moore, plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.
Year Published
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2003
2005
Physical Description
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2 DVDs-videos (ca. 8 h) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Edition
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Special ed.
Note
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Based on the book by Joel Bakan The corporation : the pathological pursuit of profit and power.
Contents
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Disc 1: 145 mins theatrical version, deleted scenes, Q & A with filmmakers, interviews, and commentary tracks. Disc 2: 165 mins unseen interviews clips & updates, 30 mins. of related film resources, enhanced DVD-ROM features, weblinks.
Subject
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Corporations.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Corporate culture.
Corporate governance.
Added Author
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Bakan, Joel. The corporation : the pathological pursuit of profit and power.
Achbar, Mark.
Abbott, Jennifer.
Simpson, Bart.
Bakan, Joel. Corporation.
Added Corporate Author
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Mongrel Media.
Electronic Access
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Summary
:
Explore the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution in our time. Footage from pop culture, advertising, TV news, and corporate propaganda illuminates the corporation's grip on our lives. Taking its legal status as a "person" to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is ti?" Provoking, witty, sweepingly informative, the movie includes forty interviews with corporate insiders and critics - including Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Michael Moore, plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.
Publisher
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[Toronto] : Mongrel Media, 2003.
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Edmonton Christian High | TRC DVD 306.3 COR | Teacher resource | 30905000071229 | Teacher Materials |