Jennifer Abbott

Canada

Biography

Jennifer Abbott was born in 1965. Her first feature documentary, A Cow at My Table (1998), explores contemporary Western attitudes to livestock and meat production. More recently, she served as co-director and editor of the widely acclaimed documentary, The Corporation (2003), which critically examines large corporations in the modern world. That film won numerous international film awards, including a Genie for best documentary, an audience award from the Sundance Film Festival, and a Top Ten Films of the Year designation from the Toronto International Film Festival. Her previous work includes the experimental short Skinned, and as editor for Two Brides and Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage (1999). She is also the editor of the book Making Video 'In': The Contested Ground of Alternative Video on the West Coast. She has taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in Vancouver. She lives on Galiano Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Filmography:

A Cow at My Table (90´, Canada, 1998)
The Corporation/ Korporace (145´, Canada, 2003)

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The Corporation

The Corporation (Orig.) / 2002 / Canada / 144 min

THE CORPORATION puts today’s most powerful institution at the center of inquiry. It explores its history and rise to dominance...

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