Huge thumbs up to this move: director Mark Achbar has made The Corporation, 2003's biting documentary investigating the rise and ever-growing influence of the corporation on all aspects of modern society freely available via Bittorrent. The torrent file includes a high quality rip of the master copy, plus a special 40 minute interview with Joel Bakan, author of the original book upon which the film is based and writer for the documentary. Achbar has actually been using a his own dedicated machine to help seed the torrent. This is a pretty radical move, but logical considering the nature of the film itself. The Corporation encourages serious awareness in a time of increasing corporate misdoings and harms, and it is a hugely vital film for all people to understand in this age of corporatization. What better way to get the word out than free distribution online? The filmmakers also suggest that you make a small donation if you value what you see. It will be interesting to see if other forward-thinking filmmakers adapt this approach to distribution in the future.

(via Democracy Internet TV Blog)