The Corporation

A timely, critical inquiry, the three part series The Corporation explores the curious history, inner workings, controversial impacts and potential future of corporations Using a mixture of humour, hard-hitting interviews and reportage, it dissects the exercise of corporate power. The first hour asks, if the modern corporation is defined as a “person” according to American legal jurisprudence, what kind of person is it? Using a “Personality Diagnostic Checklist” the film examines corporate behaviour – ruthless self-interest: tick; indifference to harm caused to people, animals or biosphere, tick – and concludes it is a psychopath. Revealing the corporations psychopathic personality are dramatic case studies exploring its impacts on our environment, our children, our health, our media, our democracy and even our genes. Forty two commentators represent a Who’s Who for myriad povs . Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky are interwoven with candid interviews with CEOs and corporate insiders. As stimulating mentally as it is visually, it is an important documentary not only for anyone who’s ever participated in an anti-globalization demonstration, but for anyone who’s ever eaten at McDonalds.