ABOUT THE FILM
LONG SYNOPSIS
From Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott, filmmakers of the multi-award-winning global hit The Corporation, comes this hard-hitting and timely sequel.
THE NEW CORPORATION: THE UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY SEQUEL reveals how the corporate takeover of society is being justified by the sly rebranding of corporations as socially conscious entities. From gatherings of corporate elites in Davos, to climate change and spiraling inequality; the rise of ultra-right leaders to COVID-19 and racial injustice, the film looks at corporations’ devastating power. Countering this is a groundswell of resistance worldwide as people take to the streets in pursuit of justice and the planet’s future.
In the face of spiraling inequality, climate change, and the hollowing out of democracy, THE NEW CORPORATION is a cry for social justice, deeper democracy, and transformative solutions.
Directors Joel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott
Writers Joel Bakan, based Upon His Book “The New Corporation: How ‘Good’ Corporations Are Bad For Democracy”
Producers Betsy Carson, Trish Dolman
Executive Producer Joel Bakan
Editor Peter Roeck
Director of Photography Ian Kerr, CSC
Sound Velcrow Ripper
Music Matt Robertson
Narrated by Charles Officer
FESTIVALS
2020: Toronto International (World Premiere), AFI FEST
AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray, Digital Download