Videocracy

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Erik Gandini
• Cast(s): Silvio Berlusconi, Flavio Briatore, Fabrizio Corona, Lele Mora, Simona Ventura See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 25min
• Award(s): Special Jury 2009 (Won)
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• Similar To: Lava, Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill
• Story:
  In a country where bella figura is a national pastime, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the maestro of media manipulation. Having risen to political primacy with the aid of his Mediaset empire, he now controls 90% of the bel paese’s television channels including the state-run RAI network. Quantity, it seems, does not equal quality. Fed on a diet of semi-naked dancing girls, inane competitions and rickety reality shows built around the most ridiculous of premises, is it any wonder that Italians are becoming a nation of fame-hungry wannabes?
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