The Corporation is a well directed documentary against the growing influence of corporations and it goes on to show how the companies decisions affect the various facets of the society. It is directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott

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The Corporation is a well directed documentary against the growing influence of corporations and it goes on to show how the companies decisions affect the various facets of the society. It is directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott based on the novel “The corporation- the pathological pursuit of profit and power” by Joel Balkan. The movie incorporates the views of various experts including Noam Chomsky, Milton Friedman, Michel Moore, Dr Vandana Shiva spanning wide range of fields.

The theme of the story becomes evident when the movie starts with the comparison of corporations with monsters and Frankenstein. It mainly deals with the greed among corporations, which the author calls as a critical flaw in the structure of capitalism, and its adverse effects on various domains. The movie runs for period three hours and it is made into three parts.

The first part tells us how the corporations became as powerful as any government on this planet. The movie starts by giving a brief history about the birth of corporations, how they became legal persons and idea of how it functions. It asks an interesting question “If corporations are persons, what kind of persons are they?” It goes on analyzing the various characteristics of corporate and comes up with a declaration that it perfectly fills the definition of psychopath given by the World Health Organization. Then it talks about the kind of individuals behind the functioning of organizations and the effect of the mindset of these people on the business decisions.

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Second part of the movie deals with the enormous influence the corporations have in the life of people. It starts by accusing the corporations for looking for profit in times of human miseries and natural disaster. The moral values in privatising literally every good in earth regardless of whether it is natural or manmade are questioned. The manipulation of the people by the corporations considering them just as a source of income raises doubts of moral values. In the final stages it talks about the role of media and the extent of corporate power in the media sector as well

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