In 2003, Canadian filmmakers Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar teamed up with writer Joel Bakan on the penetrating and popular documentary THE CORPORATION, which posed the provocative question, “If the corporation is legally a person, what kind of person is it?” Analyzing the corporation as a patient, the filmmakers found the corporation to be “pathologically self-interested.” Now, almost two decades later, with the world in crisis, Abbott and co-director Bakan re-examine the “patient,” asking if the corporation has changed for the better, and, if not, what can be done about it.
Through insightful interviews with a wide range of critics, footage gathered at exclusive corporate events and illuminating news clips, the filmmakers expose the corporation’s new strategic playbook and make the disturbing diagnosis that this patient is as psychopathic as ever.
- Year2020
- Runtime106 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereUSA
- DirectorJoel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott
- ScreenwriterJoel Bakan
- ProducerBetsy Carson, Trish Dolman
- Executive ProducerJoel Bakan
- CastCharles Officer (narrator)
- CinematographerIan Kerr
- EditorPeter Roeck
- MusicMatt Robertson
In 2003, Canadian filmmakers Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar teamed up with writer Joel Bakan on the penetrating and popular documentary THE CORPORATION, which posed the provocative question, “If the corporation is legally a person, what kind of person is it?” Analyzing the corporation as a patient, the filmmakers found the corporation to be “pathologically self-interested.” Now, almost two decades later, with the world in crisis, Abbott and co-director Bakan re-examine the “patient,” asking if the corporation has changed for the better, and, if not, what can be done about it.
Through insightful interviews with a wide range of critics, footage gathered at exclusive corporate events and illuminating news clips, the filmmakers expose the corporation’s new strategic playbook and make the disturbing diagnosis that this patient is as psychopathic as ever.
- Year2020
- Runtime106 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereUSA
- DirectorJoel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott
- ScreenwriterJoel Bakan
- ProducerBetsy Carson, Trish Dolman
- Executive ProducerJoel Bakan
- CastCharles Officer (narrator)
- CinematographerIan Kerr
- EditorPeter Roeck
- MusicMatt Robertson