poster

Beyond Citizen Kane

Documentary

7.7

Release Date

September 1, 1993

Duration

93 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Leonel Brizola

Self

Leonel Brizola

Chico Buarque

Self

Chico Buarque

Walter Clark

Self

Walter Clark

Dias Gomes

Self

Dias Gomes

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Self

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Armando Nogueira

Self

Armando Nogueira

Antônio Carlos Magalhães

Self

Antônio Carlos Magalhães

Roberto Marinho

Self

Roberto Marinho

Washington Olivetto

Self

Washington Olivetto

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