Life Inc. the Movie
We’re making a film based on the central premises in Douglas Rushkoff’s upcoming book, Life Inc., and are making an open call for participation.
This movie will assemble footage shot and found by real people in an effort to illustrate both the ravages of “corporatism” and the promise of local, bottom-up, and networked participation. So we’re looking for footage that depicts one of two contrasting realities:
1 – The highly corporatized landscape. How are people being disconnected from their own labor, their communities, and one another? Consumers and producers, corporate landscapes, the triumph of banking and speculation over the real economy. We are making the point that the system of chartered monopolies leading to the Revolutionary War is still alive and well in government-supported corporate efforts from Wal-Mart to Citibank. The landscape is tilted towards corporate interests, and people are merely human resources from which value is extracted.
2 – Efforts at reconnecting to the landscape of human activity – CSA’s, local currency, community involvement, tutoring clubs.
We not only welcome your footage, but require it. It is part of our thesis. You will get credit and thanks. This will be a Creative Commons project, and we will not require that subsequent users of the finished piece give attribution.
If you would like to collaborate in this unique project, click below for guidelines and technical information:
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