The Staple of News

04/09/2014

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1hr 34min

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Documentary

STORY

Written in 1625 by the British playwright Ben Jonson, the play “The Staple of News” provides a historic root for this discussion about the role of the press in modern day Brazil. Journalists of several generations discuss the dilemmas of the selection and focus of their subjects, the resistance of the media in accepting itself as a political agent, the inevitability of interpretation as there are no hard facts in nature, and above all the search for an always complex balance between credibility and the public’s growing demand for news.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Elisa Volpatto
  • Ursula Collischonn
  • Janaína Kremer
  • Mirna Spritzer
  • Irene Brietzke

    Director

  • Jorge Furtado

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Brazil

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese