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Classics - Cinema "Network", by Sidney Lumet - Gente da Nossa Terra Augusto Abelaira Cycle
About the event
film: "network" (network)year: 1976rating: m/12director: sidney lumet synopsis:in september 1975, howard beale, the veteran anchor of the ubs evening news, the main nightly newscast of the union broadcasting system (ubs), discovers through a friend of his and president of the news division, max schumacher, that he has only two weeks left on the air, due to falling ratings...this screening is part of the program of the 5th edition of the "gente da nossa terra" project dedicated to the writer augusto abelaira, who was deputy director of programs at rádio televisão portuguesa (rtp) in the 1970s, having naturally at the time to deal with many ethical questions regarding the concept of public service and its opposition to mere media sensationalism. Location: Centro Paroquial de S. Pedro.
Venue
Centro Paroquial de S. Pedro
Cantanhede, Portugal
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Official source
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Publisher: Município de Cantanhede — Agenda
Attribution: Clássica - Cinema "Network: Escândalo na TV", de Sidney Lumet - Ciclo Gente da Nossa Terra Augusto Abelaira — Município de Cantanhede — Agenda; original source; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Editorial normalisation; translations are labelled when available.
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