Beyond Citizen Kane
1993/09/01 (US) | 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.
Simon Hartog
Director
Lead Cast
Leonel Brizola
Self
Chico Buarque
Self
Walter Clark
Self
Dias Gomes
Self
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Self
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Armando Nogueira
Self
No Image
Antônio Carlos Magalhães
Self
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Large Door Ltd.
- Channel 4 Television
Crews
John Ellis
Producer
John Ellis
Editor
Simon Hartog
Editor
Simon Hartog
Writer