Beyond Citizen Kane

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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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

93 minutes

Year:

1993

Director:

Simon Hartog

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Company:

Large Door Ltd.,

Channel 4 Television

Cast:
Leonel Brizola

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Chico Buarque

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Walter Clark

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Dias Gomes

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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Crew:
Simon Hartog

Director

Simon Hartog

Writer

Simon Hartog

Editor

John Ellis

Editor

John Ellis

Producer