Beyond Citizen Kane

Beyond Citizen Kane

7.8(30)
1993
1h 33m
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4.1(131)
Documentary

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Overview

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.

Director

Simon Hartog

Production

Large Door Ltd.

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Cast

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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

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Armando Nogueira

Self

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Antônio Carlos Magalhães

Self

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Roberto Marinho

Self

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Washington Olivetto

Self

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