The Corporation The 2003 Canadian film documentary‚ The Corporation‚ is about the modern-day corporation. It critiques that it is considered to be a person‚ but since it has so many disregards to the human well-being and only cares about making as much money as possible‚ if it were an actual person it would be considered a psychopath. The documentary starts off with showing the development of the contemporary business corporation‚ from beginning as a legal entity to then having the entitlement
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The Corporation-Long Essay. The function of documentaries is to present real life issues or subjects to the general public. As they present facts‚ documentaries can be accepted as‚ to an extent‚ an accurate representation of reality. However it is not true to say that they are completely factual and that everything presented in a documentary is true. Coming to an agreement‚ particularly over controversial issues such as the influence of corporations in our society‚ is extremely difficult. Even if
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to that claim with many examples from real people. Through these arguments the audience can determine that Wal-Mart is simply a bad company and they should stop spending their money there. Greenwald appeals to ethos many times throughout this documentary. He uses a strong patriotic tone this brings a sense of American values being tarnished through this company. He establishes this patriotic tone by telling the stories of the “average Joe” and how they’re companies had to close down due to Wal-Mart
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Reaction Essay: The Corporation The documentary The Corporation‚ directed by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar and produced in 2004‚ although bias‚ opens many doors for discussion in regard to capitalism and the role of corporations in our lives. I found the documentary to be presented professionally‚ and filled with legitimate facts more so than extreme opinion. The documentary truly outlines the "all-pervasive" role the corporation has taken as the "world’s dominant institution". The film opens
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Crude‚ a documentary by Joe Berlinger‚ provides an eye-opening look into the highly controversial battle between Texaco and the Amazon Jungle of Ecuador. The film follows the lawyers’s fight to improve the jungle’s living environment and restore the original beauty of the Amazon. Texaco has been contaminating the rainforest for around three decades‚ poisoning the water‚ air and land. The pollution has created a ‘death zone’ that has been increasing the rates of cancer‚ leukemia‚ birth defects‚ and
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evolutionary modified to eat grass but the farm owner are forcing the cows to eat corn because it is cheaper and corn makes them fat more quickly. This is just one example of the many of the mistreatments of farm animals that was talked about in this documentary. Since cows are meant to eat grass and not corn this high corn diet results in E. coli formation. E. Coli formation is not only a product of the diet but also a product in farm animal lifestyle. The cows stand ankle deep in their manure for most
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Business Ethics The Corporation ‘The Corporation’ had a specific aim to portray the problems of not just one corporation‚ but corporations as a whole‚ as is evident from the beginning of the film as a multitude of big business logos flashed across the screen. The film proceeded to highlight the issues surrounding: globalization and consumerism‚ environmental pollution and disregard for the planet‚ unethical marketing‚ and dishonest media. Personally‚ I feel that I’m quite open-minded when it comes
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Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality‚ primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.[1] A ’documentary film’ was originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now includes video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video‚ made as a television program or released for screening in cinemas. "Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice‚ a cinematic
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Arthus-Bertrand‚ Y. (scriptwriter). (2009). Home [Documentary]. France EuropaCorp Distribution. Retrieved May 21 2013 from Australian Government Department of the Environment‚ Water‚ Heritage and the Arts. (2010). Sustainability Curriculum Framework. Retrieved from: http://www.environment.gov.au/education/publications/curriculum-framework.html. Bonnett‚ M. (2002). Education for sustainability as a frame of mind. Environmental Education Research‚ 8(1)‚ 9-20. Burch‚ M. (2012). Educating
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the use of landmines in his documentary‚ Landmines a love story. The director reveals the views of the Afghani people towards the weapon through many uses of obvious and also subliminal techniques. Usually undetected by an audience‚ the music plays a major part in how the audience is shown the issue of landmines. Jumping between scenes that seem to contradict each other‚ O’Rourke sends his message home with juxtaposition. The irrelevant scenes throughout the documentary appear to show two sides of
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