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"The Corporation" opens at the Gulf Breeze Cinema 4 on Oct. 8. |
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by Johnny
Email: jjddaa (nospam) earthlink.net |
03 Oct 2004
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“The Corporation” opens at the Gulf Breeze Cinema 4 on October 8.
One hundred and fifty years ago, the corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places, the corporation is today’s dominant institution. But history humbles dominant institutions. All have been crushed, belittled or absorbed into some new order. The corporation is unlikely to be the first to defy history. In this complex and highly entertaining documentary, Mark Achbar, co-director of the influential and inventive Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, teams up with co-director Jennifer Abbott and writer Joel Bakan to examine the far-reaching repercussions of the corporation’s increasing preeminence. Based on Bakan’s book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, the film is a timely, critical inquiry that invites CEOs, whistle-blowers, brokers, gurus, spies, players, pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the corporation’s inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures. Featuring illuminating interviews with Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Howard Zinn and many others, The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of an institution aimed at achieving specific economic goals as it also recounts victories against this apparently invincible force.
The Gulf Breeze Cinema 4 is located on Hwy. 98 in the Live Oak Plaza in Gulf Breeze. Live Oak Plaza is just east of the Pensacola Beach Bridge, across from the Gulf Breeze Hospital.
All seats are $5.00 and show times are at 2:00 and 7:00pm.
For more information on The Corporation go to www.thecorporation.com
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The Escambia County Green Party will not have our monthly video presentation night in October. Instead, we will be meeting Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 7:00 pm at the Gulf Breeze Cinema 4 to watch The Corporation. All are invited to join us. We will meet in the lobby at 6:45 so we can be seated as a group.
For more information: 474-1495 or jjddaa (at) earthlink.net
www.gp.org |
This work is in the public domain |
