Beyond Citizen Kane

Beyond Citizen Kane

Original title: Beyond Citizen Kane

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7.8/10

(30)

9/1/1993

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1h 33min

Beyond Citizen Kane

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Documentary

Synopsis

Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group in the Brazilian society, discussing the group's influence, power, and political connections. Globo's president and founder Roberto Marinho came in for particular criticism, being compared with fictional newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane, created by Orson Welles for the 1941 film Citizen Kane. According to the documentary, Marinho's media group engages in the same Kane wholesale manipulation of news to influence the public opinion.

Direction: Simon Hartog

Screenwriter: Simon Hartog
Producer: John Ellis

Cast

Leonel Brizola

Leonel Brizola

Self

Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

Self

Walter Clark

Walter Clark

Self

Dias Gomes

Dias Gomes

Self

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Self