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IDFA 2018

The Corporate Coup d’État

Fred Peabody
Canada, United States
2018
90 min
World Premiere
Festival history

A democracy should protect its citizens, especially the most vulnerable among them, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigative and persuasive documentary blends the insights of philosophers, writers and journalists with the experiences of citizens of the Rust Belt in the U.S. Midwest, where the steel industry once flourished, but where closures and outsourcing have left urban areas desolate and hopeless. It’s here that Donald Trump finds some of his most fervent supporters, as he’s not considered part of the hated Washington establishment.

Journalist Chris Hedges argues that the crisis predates Donald Trump’s election by many years. Like his source of inspiration, the Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul, Hedges regards Trump as the symptom rather than the disease. Decades ago, U.S. democracy began selling its soul to big corporations. Lobbyists and corporatism took control in Washington, gradually undermining the will of the people. Journalist Naomi Klein recently described Trump’s administration as a “corporate coup d’état.” Hedges and Ralston Saul argue that the real coup took place long before.

Credits
Director
Co-production
    Ventana Film
    Ventana Film
Editing
    James Yates
    James Yates
Music
    Michelle Osis
    Michelle Osis
Involved TV Channel
    Super Channel,
    ZDF/ARTE,
    YLE
    Super Channel,
    ZDF/ARTE,
    YLE
Screening copy
    White Pine Pictures
    White Pine Pictures
World Sales
    Films Transit International Inc.
    Films Transit International Inc.

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