The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Directed byJoel Bakan
Jennifer Abbott
Written byJoel Bakan
Based onThe New Corporation: How "Good" Corporations are Bad for Democracy
by Joel Bakan
Produced byBetsy Carson
Trish Dolman
Narrated byCharles Officer
CinematographyIan Kerr
Edited byPeter Roeck
Music byMatt Robertson
Production
company
Grant Street Productions
Release date
  • September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13) (TIFF[1])
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is a 2020 Canadian documentary film directed by Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott.[2] A sequel to the influential 2003 film The Corporation, the film profiles new developments in the political and social power of corporations in the seventeen years since the release of the original.

The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ "The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel".
  2. ^ Pat Mullen, "‘Inconvenient Indian’, ‘New Corporation’, ‘No Ordinary Man’ Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up". Point of View, July 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event". Toronto Star, July 30, 2020.