Introduction
In Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005), filmmaker Robert Greenwald, in partnership with production company Brave New Films, explores the business model and practices employed at Wal-Mart. Greenwald, an independent filmmaker, has done various documentaries in the past including those that covered 9/11 and the War on Terror and the 2000 presidential election among others. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices is an expose of Wal-Mart’s unethical and unjust practices and treatment of employees locally and abroad. The succeeding discussion is an analysis of the documentary based on the techniques and strategies used in the Continue reading...