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Summary
Charting the recent advancements in weaponized communication by investigating the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious public relations and reputation management firm: the British multinational Bell Pottinger.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 78Audiences 69GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer78%
IMDb7.0
Letterboxd · 211 ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2020
January 27, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
GermanFrenchMade in
- Canada
South Africa
20 of 20
- RLRon LeagasSelf - Former Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
- JHJohn HegartySelf - Founding Shareholder, Saatchi & Saatchi
- PVPhumzile Van DammeSelf - Opposition Politician
- DWDavid Wynne-MorganSelf - Public Relations Pioneer
- SBSergio BitarSelf - Minister of Mining in Salvador Allende's Government
- RMRalph MathekgaSelf - Political Analyst, Clearcontent Research
F.W. de KlerkSelf - Former President of South Africa- CCChester CrockerSelf - Former Assistant Secretary of State for African's Affairs
Andile MngxitamaSelf - Founder of Black First Land First Party- AGAlex GoldfarbSelf - Russian Political Activist
- MJMeirion JonesSelf - Investigations Editor
- JHJoel HardingSelf - Former Special Forces, Information Warfare Expert
- HJHaider JraidanSelf - Former Senior Creative Director, Bates Pan Gulff
Kirsten FontenroseSelf - Strategy Consultant, Multi National Forces Iraq- MTMarianne ThammSelf - Assistant Editor, Daily Maverick
Jacob ZumaSelf - South African President, 2009–2018
Alexander LukashenkaSelf - President of Belarus (archive footage)
Augusto PinochetSelf - Head of Chile's Military Government (archive footage)
Margaret ThatcherSelf (archive footage)
Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
Directing · 2
- Diana Neille Director, Writer
- Richard Poplak Director, Writer
Production · 7
- Bob Moore Producer
- Neil Brandt Producer
- Valerie Shamash Line Producer
- Katie McKay Associate Producer
- Kristen van Schie Researcher
- Lauren Clifford-Holmes Line Producer
Sound · 2
- Pablo Villegas Location Sound Recordist
- Stéphane Cadotte Foley Artist
Other crew · 3
- José Antonio Kast Other
- Mark Ellam Cinematography
- Glauco Bermudez Cinematography
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