A message from Piotr Brych:
On Tuesday, 1/20 another The Film Project performance will take place. This time we’re going to see an extraordinarily interesting documentary: „The Corporation”.
The movie was released in 2003 and created much rumour around. During the performances on movie festivals around the world it has won 26 international awards, 10 international audiance choice awards and was given Genie Award in the cathegory of documentary. In it’s cast we can see so colourful people as Milton Friedman, Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky. It has been released in Poland only on DVD, and it’s hard to buy or rent it in our country.
That’s how the producers advertise the movie:
„In law, a corporation is a “person”. But what kind of person is it?
„The Corporation” engages in a lively, critical exploration of the dominant institution of our time — its inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts, and possible futures.
Case studies, anecdotes, and true confessions expose influences in both the corporate and anticorporate worlds. With dark wit, footage from pop culture, advertising, TV news, and corporate propaganda, the film illuminates the corporation’s grip on our lives.
„The Corporation” asks: What are the consequences—for human beings, democracy, and the ecology—of granting immense power to a structurally amoral institution, whose overriding priority is to create wealth for its shareholders?
As worldwide concern about the growth of corporate power intensifies, „The Corporation”canvasses insiders, outsiders, radicals, and conservatives, in 40 interviews with CEOs, whistleblowers, brokers, gurus, and a corporate spy.”
I also remind you that prof. Wyrsch, who is an expert on the issue will be our guest in watching and discussing the movie after the performance and I strongly recommend you all to come and join us.
