I first watched The Corporation
when it was first shown around, at the Minneapolis Film Fest, with the producers and the director. The Corporation
could be termed a forensic personality profile of the American Corporation, but I viewed it as an insightful ethnography of the most important tribe to emerge in human history. The most important, and the most dangerous tribe. In fact, I showed The Corporation as an ethnography in my anthropology classes a number of times.
Here is Part I:
More like this
This is a press release they just sent out about the effort to undo the absurd idea that "corporations are people, my friend":
Corporal punishment in America’s public schools seems like a relic of the past — a practice we had surely banned long ago. The reality, however, is that it’s perfectly legal to physically discipline students as young as preschoolers in 19 states.
I'll have a post tomorrow about the Republican opposition to S-CHIP, a federally-funded health insurance program. While writing the post, a question occurred to me:
At the time of complicated economic and financial news, I am reminded that the economic system and the financial system are quite separate in this country.
Greg,
You are aware that you can embed the entire 15 part playlist on your blog, aren't you? (Unless you prefer to make 15 separate posts, which is your prerogative.)
I don't like those playlists.
Another similar movie that I liked was Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
If you like the Enron one, you'll probably like PBS Frontline's "The Warning", if you haven't already seen it.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/