Beyond Citizen Kane (1993)

ALL 09/01/1993 (en) Documentary 93 Min
  • Release
    09/01/1993
  • Production
    Large Door Ltd., Channel 4 Television
  • Rotten tomato
    77%
  • Original title
    Beyond Citizen Kane
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Simon Hartog

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Ellis

    Producer



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Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) 93 Min

ALL 09/01/1993 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 09/01/1993
  • Production
    Large Door Ltd., Channel 4 Television
  • Original title Beyond Citizen Kane
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Simon Hartog

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Ellis, Simon Hartog

    Editor

  4. John Ellis

    Producer