
- Year2020
- Duration90 min
A portrait of controversial, English figure Lord Timothy Bell who died recently and an investigation into the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious public relations and advertising firm : the British multinational Bell Pottinger.
Working with Margaret Thatcher, the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, later branching out into France, Africa, Russia, the Middle East, Bell quickly earned a reputation but finally declined after the Gupta brothers-Zuma corruption scandal in South Africa.
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- Director(s): Richard Poplak, Diana Neille
- Producer(s): Bob Moore , Neil Brandt
- Country: South Africa, Canada
- Language: English, Spanish
- Premiere status: European Premiere