No Logo
Flipped it on while waiting on dinner. If anyone wants to know why I'm reticent to engage in or with anything Disney-related, this is a good short-ish (42 minutes) documentary that will clue you in. Corporations are insidious forces. Nike, Disney, Walmart, et al, the brands, seek to dominate markets AND the commons, until the they can no longer be distinguished as separate entities. They're the enemy of both individualism (since there are so few choices, we all join a camp) and collectivism (they squash unions or just go to a country with cheaper labor and no possibility of unions).
Now, while the film gets me worked up, it's from 2003 and is unlikely to tell you anything you don't know in 2020. It's really just an extended interview with Naomi Klein, who wrote a book called No Logo in 1999, when fewer people were aware of corporate labor practices overseas where there is cheaper labor and no regulations. The race to the bottom is well-documented now, you'd have to have your head buried way, way into the sand not to see it. I'm guessing none of the B-roll was made specifically for this film, it was sourced and put together to accompany Klein's points. It's nothing spectacular, just effective.
The use of Celebration, Florida is an interesting look at what an end-goal for total corporate immersion could be. The planned community seems somewhat irrelevant in and of itself now, but only because corporations have found that cradle-to-grave strategies need not include so much real estate and physical investment.
From the great anti-corporate jam "Narcissist" by Sage Francis, a perfect accompaniment to No Logo,
"...as the ice spilled and poured
Onto the floor I did see a distorted reflection of my Nike hat
I don't know how others might react
For me it was an unsightly act that helped me get my psyche back
I stood 5 feet back, afraid that it might strike me like Shaclack clack!
Ya'll think I'm kidding? It's no big thing
What I seen made my heart hurt, stomach turn, throat burn, teeth cringe
Spine tingle, and ribs sting
I noticed that the swoosh symbol was nothing but a whip in mid-swing.."