Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

By Greg Spotts

Spotts takes you behind the scenes for the planning of a truly unprecedented campaign. He shows how individuals and groups can force even the largest corporations to change to better serve the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932857249
• ISBN13: 9781932857245
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Disinformation Company
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The making of the film - with unlimited access to the filmmakers

This companion to Robert Greenwald's documentary WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE provides a behind-the-scenes focus on both the making of the film and the grass-roots pressure campaign challenging the world's biggest business. Greenwald and his crew went on a nine-month underground investigation kept secret from Wal-Mart as they put together their film: Spotts received unlimited access to the filmmakers and reveals their tactics, objectives, and how political filmmaking is changing businesses and the film world alike. It's hard to easily categorize this book - it could just as easily have been featured in our film column - but businesses shouldn't miss the discussion of the film methods and focus, which hold wide-reaching implications for future political film surveys of business inner circles.

Fantastic Insider's Look at the Top Doc of 2005

Wow - what a great window into the new docs that seem to be springing up like mushrooms in response to the political and social issues of the day. Along with Michael Moore, there's no doubt that Robert Greenwald is the leading director in the genre and this book provides a fascinating insider's account of his process, both on the making of the film and the making of the grass roots campaign promoting it and the larger effort to push Wal-Mart to change its business practices. Top Marks - Highly Recommended!