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Beyond Citizen Kane

1993-09-01
7.707
en 93m
Documentary
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

Editor

John Ellis

Producer

John Ellis

Writer

Simon Hartog

Editor

Simon Hartog

media politics revelation alienation militarism

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Large Door Ltd.
  • Channel 4 Television