Watch The Staple of News (2014) Online

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. Read More

Watch The Staple of News online. Featuring Elisa Volpatto and Ursula Collischonn, The Staple of News is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 8.7. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Brazil and was released on 2014. The Staple of News was directed by . Read Less