The Staple of News (2014)
Overview
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
Elisa Volpatto
Janaína Kremer
Mirna Spritzer
Evandro Soldatelli
Eduardo Cardoso
Ismael Caneppele
Marcos Contreras
Nelson Diniz
Sérgio Lulkin
Thiago Prade
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