Influence (2020)

Name: Influence
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-01-27
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Ron Leagas, John Hegarty, Phumzile Van Damme, David Wynne-Morgan, Sergio Bitar

The rise and fall of the world's most dangerous PR company

Documentary

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.

Release Date: January 27, 2020
Runtime: 1h 30m
Rating: 7.0/10 (7 votes)

Directors: Diana Neille, Richard Poplak

Cast: Ron Leagas, John Hegarty, Phumzile Van Damme, David Wynne-Morgan, Sergio Bitar, Ralph Mathekga, F.W. de Klerk, Chester Crocker

politics public relations

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Full Cast (20 people)

Ron Leagas as Self - Former Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
John Hegarty as Self - Founding Shareholder, Saatchi & Saatchi
Phumzile Van Damme as Self - Opposition Politician
David Wynne-Morgan as Self - Public Relations Pioneer
Sergio Bitar as Self - Minister of Mining in Salvador Allende's Government
Ralph Mathekga as Self - Political Analyst, Clearcontent Research
F.W. de Klerk as Self - Former President of South Africa
Chester Crocker as Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State for African's Affairs
Andile Mngxitama as Self - Founder of Black First Land First Party
Alex Goldfarb as Self - Russian Political Activist
Meirion Jones as Self - Investigations Editor
Joel Harding as Self - Former Special Forces, Information Warfare Expert
Haider Jraidan as Self - Former Senior Creative Director, Bates Pan Gulff
Kirsten Fontenrose as Self - Strategy Consultant, Multi National Forces Iraq
Marianne Thamm as Self - Assistant Editor, Daily Maverick
Jacob Zuma as Self - South African President, 2009–2018
Alexander Lukashenko as Self - President of Belarus (archive footage)
Augusto Pinochet as Self - Head of Chile's Military Government (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher as Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)

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Influence

The rise and fall of the world's most dangerous PR company

Documentary

Influence

The rise and fall of the world's most dangerous PR company

Documentary

7.0

90 min

2020

The rise and fall of the world's most dangerous PR company

7.0

90 min

2020

Production Info

StatusReleased

Original LanguageEnglish

Release Date1/27/2020

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Directed by

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Keywords

politics

public relations

Spoken Languages

English

French

German

Production Countries

Canada

South Africa

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Cast

Ron Leagas

as Self - Former Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi

John Hegarty

as Self - Founding Shareholder, Saatchi & Saatchi

PVD

Phumzile Van Damme

as Self - Opposition Politician

David Wynne-Morgan

as Self - Public Relations Pioneer

Sergio Bitar

as Self - Minister of Mining in Salvador Allende's Government

Ralph Mathekga

as Self - Political Analyst, Clearcontent Research

F.W. de Klerk

as Self - Former President of South Africa

Chester Crocker

as Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State for African's Affairs

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