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- Biography: Jennifer Abbott (born c. 1965) is a Canadian director, cinematographer and editor, best known as a documentary maker. Her first feature documentary, A Cow at My Table (1998), explores contemporary Western attitudes to livestock and meat production. More recently, she served as co-director and editor of the widely acclaimed documentary,... Read more
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The Corporation
abc.net.au –
2004-09-18
Review by David Stratton Does a multi-national corporation have the same rights as an individual? The answer, somewhat surprisingly, is yes. In 1886, the US Supreme Court gave corporations those rights. ... Full Article
Jennifer Abbott got involved with The Corporation through Mark Achbar. The duo were working on a film documenting the first lesbian marriage in Canada though "Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage," a film which dealt with... ... Full Article
The rise of the corporation as the dominant institution in the modern world is perhaps the most important story of our time. Few people on this planet are not affected by its incursions into spheres formerly considered too public to... ... Full Article