Videocracy / the Berlusconi movie

Erik Gandini, Sweden, Italy, 2009, 75 mins

 

An award-winning documentary about Italian television, its impact on Italian culture and politics, and about Silvio Berlusconi’s powerful position in all of these. 

 

A look at segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship and admiringly say Berlusconi resembles Mussolini. 

The film was banned by most Italian television broadcasters.