Beyond Citizen Kane

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Beyond Citizen Kane

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.

Release Date

1993-09-01

Year

1993

Duration

1h 33m

Status

Released

Score

7.70

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Cast

Leonel Brizola

Leonel Brizola

Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

Walter Clark

Walter Clark

Dias Gomes

Dias Gomes

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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Armando Nogueira

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Antônio Carlos Magalhães

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Roberto Marinho

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Washington Olivetto