CORPORATION WITH A MOVIE CAMERA

This unusual video examines the ways in which corporate representations have shaped Americans' ideas about Third World countries. It interweaves excerpts from corporate sponsored films such as Sumatra, Island of Yesterday (Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.) and Assignment Venezuela (Creole Petroleum Corp.) with literary texts from Joseph Conrad to Pablo Neruda, poetry, and dramatic segments featuring performance artists, to show how such public relations media function in the creation of cultural mythology.

Directed by Joel Katz
1992, 34 minutes
Purchase: $265 Classroom Rental: $50

* Silver Apple, National Educational Film and Video Festival

*** Good "...well conceived...sure to evoke both consideration and debate."--Video Rating Guide for Libraries

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