The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

A startling investigation into 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 spiralling inequality; the rise of ultra-right leaders, to Covid-19 and racial injustice, the film looks at corporations’ devastating power. In the face of inequality, climate change, and the hollowing out of democracy The New Corporation is an urgent cry for social justice, democracy, and transformative solutions. A sequel and update to the hit 2003 documentary The Corporation that also works brilliantly as a standalone film.

‘With The (New) Corporation films, one of our broadest objectives is to expose what seems “normal” and “natural” as being socially constructed. While it seems to many like “just the way it is,” corporate capitalism came into being and is maintained through a series of deliberate and well-calculated decisions. If that’s the case…we can make different decisions. We can create different economic systems and different institutions. We can evolve. We can change through reflection, greater understanding and thoughtful action, we can create institutions and systems that are more equitable, more just, more compassionate and more livable. If our films open up some imaginative space to do that, then I’ll feel we’ve done something worthwhile.’

Co-director Jennifer Abbott, from an interview with Filmmaker Magazine.