Panel Statements:
Besides being one of the better documentaries of 2003, this is the year's best horror movie, tracing the rise of The Corporation as though it were some 1,000-limbed monster rising from a swamp.
— David Spaner
I've always been a sucker for a thought provoking documentary and Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott's feature documentary The Corporation really got me thinking. Fascinating and fact filled in an entertaining and amusing way. The Corporation has a tough act to follow in the footsteps of a Michael Moore documentary, but it runs deep and definitely has something important to say about the way corporations work.
— Sandy Wilson
Documentary 101: tell us something we don't know and do it entertainingly. I didn't know that corporations are considered individuals under the law - so why not hold them to the same standards as the rest of us? I was entertained to see them judged as generally psychotic.
— Denis Seguin
A film appropriately full of righteous indignation about the way our world has been transformed by privatization and globalization. A sincere and inspirational call to arms against the pathological pursuit of profit and power by corporations. Oh yeah... and it's got a sense of humour too.
— Jeremy Podeswa
Special thanks to Mongrel Media.
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THE CORPORATION
Directors: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
145 minutes Colour/Digital Betacam (NTSC)
Production Company: Big Picture Media Corporation
Executive Producer: Mark Achbar
Producer: Mark Achbar, Bart Simpson
Screenplay: Harold Crooks, Joel Bakan, Mark Achbar, based on the book "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power", by Joel Bakan
Cinematography: Mark Achbar, Rolf Cutts, Jeff Hoffman, Kirk Tougas
Editor: Jennifer Abbott
Sound: Velcrow Ripper
Music: Leonard J. Paul
Narrated by: Mikela J. Mikael
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Jennifer Abbott has worked as an editor, documentary filmmaker, media artist and cultural activist and teaches at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Her first feature film, A Cow at My Table (98), won six prizes throughout North America and one in Italy. The Corporation (co-director, 03) is her most recent film.
Mark Achbar has worked as a writer, director, editor and producer on over fifty films, videos and books. His directorial debut was the landmark Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (co-director, 92). His other films include Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage (99) and The Corporation(co-director, 03).
Website Link:
Official Website
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