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After laying bare TV journalism (Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism) and the Iraq War (Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War) filmmaker Robert Greenwald has now taken on the corporate monster that is slowly consuming the small towns and communities of America. This incendiary documentary lays open the ruthless, and sometimes frightening, business practices of the All-American retail giant Wal-Mart – owners of the Asda chain in the UK, and an oft-quoted corporate ideal.
Eyebrow-raising facts, from the family-owned company’s employment practices, their Chinese sweatshops, environmental damage and truly breathtaking level of government subsidies, this is a real-life horror story, and a wake-up call to everyone who believes in ‘free enterprise’. Part of a recent renaissance in high-profile political documentary that includes The Corporation, Super Size Me, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and the films of Michael Moore, the film thoroughly damns the worst of the corporate practices, at the same time as it charts the beginnings of the grass-roots backlash
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