Sunday, October 11, 12:15 pm, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 14311 Wells Port Dr., Austin, 78728
St. Andrew’s Fall 2009 Film Series: “The Corporation” – Part 2: Corporate Control: The Land and Our Minds. Is the current crisis of capitalism a temporary problem or do we face more fundamental flaws in our economic system? The documentary film “The Corporation” investigates that question through a detailed examination of that institution that structures contemporary economic life.
Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, “The Corporation” explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Taking the corporation’s status as a legal “person” to the logical conclusion, the film puts the institution on the psychiatrist’s couch to ask, “What kind of person is it?”
“The Corporation” includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics – including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore – plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. The film is based on the book “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan.
Discussion after the film will be led by Carlos Perez de Alejo, the Community Outreach Coordinator, and Joaquin Mariel, the Cooperative Development Coordinator, for Third Coast Workers for Cooperation, an Austin-based cooperative development center.
Part 3: Corporate Dreams and Nightmares: Citizen Resistance will be shown on November 8.