10 Oct 2014
I Am Ali
Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.
The Corporation
The corporation as psychopath...
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
Top Billed Cast
Jane Akre Self
Ray Anderson Self
Maude Barlow Self
Noam Chomsky Self
Mikela Jay Narrator (voice)
Rob Beckwermert Actor - Dramatizations
Christopher Gora Actor - Dramatizations
Nina Jones Actor - Dramatizations
Richard Kopycinski Actor - Dramatizations
Pope John XXIII Self (archive footage)
Иосиф Сталин Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom Self (archive footage)
Kofi Annan Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. Self (archive footage)
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