One hundred and fifty years ago, the corporation was a relatively insignificant
entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives.
Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places,
the corporation is today's dominant institution. But history humbles dominant
institutions. All have been crushed, belittled or absorbed into some new order.
The corporation is unlikely to be the first to defy history. In this complex
and highly entertaining documentary, Mark Achbar, co-director of the influential
and inventive Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and The Media, teams up with
co-director Jennifer Abbott and writer Joel Bakan to examine the far-reaching
repercussions of the corporation's increasing preeminence. Based on Bakan's
book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, the film
is a timely, critical inquiry that invites CEOs, whistle-blowers, brokers, gurus,
spies, players, pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal
the 4corporation's inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and
possible futures. Featuring illuminating interviews with Noam Chomsky, Michael
Moore, Howard Zinn and many others, The Corporation charts the spectacular rise
of an institution aimed at achieving specific economic goals as it also recounts
victories against this apparently invincible force.
'Discussion'
Guest Speakers: David Miller, editorial board Scottish Left Review, Professor
of Sociology Strathclyde University and currently writing a book on corporate
power and corporate spin.
David will lead a discssion after the film on corporate power in Scotland.