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The Corporation - National Premiere Celebration
Friday, June 4th
11.30pm until 2am-ish
Free w/ticket stub from the Castro, or sliding dontation
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This is the party to celebrate the national theatrical opening of THE CORPORATION, Friday
June 4 here in SF at the Castro Theatre.
The filmmakers and some of the people featured in the documentary will be in attendance.
The party begins AFTER the 8pm screening of THE CORPORATION at the Castro ends, around
11.30pm at cellspace. We are joining forces with a fundraiser for RECLAIM THE COMMONS
which is a movement coming together to protest the large Biotech conference in SF (June 6-9
where you can even go to a luncheon with Brooke Shields!) and to spread the word about
sustainable alternatives to biotechnology and corporate power in general.
http://www.reclaimthecommons.net/
Bring your ticket stub from the screening at the Castro for free admission or bring a small
donation for the cause and cellspace. DJ Pod is spinning and there will be other surprises...
(No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds)
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THE CORPORATION
Winner of the DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD at the 2004 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.
A Feature documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan.
THE CORPORATION engages us in a darkly amusing account of the institution's
evolution as a legal "person" whose prime directive is to produce
ever-increasing profit for it's shareholders regardless of the cost to
anyone, or anything else. Imbuing it with this pathological nature is a
recent human achievement. 150 years ago a corporation was merely an
organized way of doing business. Today it is a global power that uses its
status as a "person" to claim rights under the constitution.
Self-interested, amoral, callous and deceitful, a corporation�s operational
principles make it anti-social. It breaches social and legal standards to
get its way even while it mimics the human qualities of empathy, caring and
altruism. It suffers no guilt. Diagnosis: the institutional embodiment of
laissez-faire capitalism fully meets the diagnostic criteria of a
psychopath.
Featuring a multitude of interviews with CEO's and top-level executives from
some of the worlds largest corporations, representing a wide range of
industries, including: oil (Shell), pharmaceuticals (Pfizer), computers
(IBM), tires (Goodyear), carpets (Interface), public relations (Burson
Marsteller), branding (Landor), and advertising (Initiative); as well as
critical thinkers: Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker, Milton Friedman, Naomi
Klein, Mark Kingwell, Vandana Shiva, and muckraking filmmaker Michael Moore.
Add to the mix a corporate spy, an undercover marketer, academics, pundits,
historians and activists; deftly blend with newsreel footage, early TV
advertisements, B movies, and corporate propaganda films and you have the
fascinating, original portrait of an institution that is THE CORPORATION.
Is there a cure for this pathological pursuit of profit-at-any-cost? Or can
we only apply restraints? Will people regain control over the corporation?
With cautious optimism, we are invited to reconsider our relationship with
the dominant institution of our time.
For more info check out The Corporation's website:
www.TheCorporation.com
To view a list of interviewees, including Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore,
Vandana Shiva, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman please click on the link below:
http://www.thecorporation.tv/about/whoswho.php
To view the trailer:
http://www.thecorporation.tv/trailer/
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United States THEATRICAL DATES Castro Theatre San Francisco June 4-16 Camera Cinemas San Jose, CA Opens June 4
Nickelodeon Theatre Santa Cruz, CA Opens June 11 Act I & II Berkeley, CA June 11-17 Rialto Cinemas Lakeside Santa Rosa, CA Opens June 11 Rafael Film Center San Rafael, CA Opens June 11
Crest Theater Sacramento, CA Opens June 18 Egyptian Theatre Seattle, WA Opens June 18
Film Forum New York Opens June 30
Cinema 21 Portland, OR July 2-8
Nuart Theatre Los Angeles July 9-22
E Street Cinema Washington DC Opens July 16 Kendall Square Boston, MA Opens July 16 Coolidge Corner Brookline, MA Opens July 16 Embassy Cinema Waltham, MA Opens July 16 Palm Theatre San Luis Obispo, CA Opens July 16 Century Centre Cinema Chicago July 16-29 Lagoon Cinema Minneapolis, MN Opens July 16 Minor Theatre Arcata, CA Opens July 16
Olympia Film Society Olympia, WA July 17-22
Tivoli Theatre St. Louis MO July 23-29 Ken Cinema San Diego, CA Opens July 23 Inwood Theatre Dallas, TX Opens July 23 The Screen Santa Fe, NM Opens July 23 Guild Cinema Albuquerque, NM July 23-August 5
Midtown Art Cinema Atlanta GA July 30-August 5
Downer Theatre Milwaukee, WI Opens August 13
Honolulu Academy of Art Honolulu, HI August 19-25
River Oaks Houston, TX Opens August 20
Belcourt Theatre Nashville, TN Opens August 27
Dobie Theatre Austin, TX Opens September 10 Canal Place Cinema New Orleans Opens September 10
Stay tuned for theatrical openings in your city! www.TheCorporation.Com
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cellspace 2050 Bryant St. (18th and 19th Streets) San Francisco 415.648.7562 http://www.cellspace.org
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thecorporation.tv
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