THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY

The feature-length documentary film INFLUENCE charts 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.

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[Influence] is the kind of story that makes you question everything, because it suggests

that we now live in a time when the very texture of our lives can be defined, designed and manipulated by powerful forces. We may think of ourselves as smarter and savvier,

but the machine of dreams isn’t done with us yet.

~ Bilge Ebiri, Vulture

Bell Pottinger Gupta's Girl, Victoria Geoghegan, who now works at Thoburns in London

A visitor to the White House in Washington DC and her child.

A political protest in Cape Town, South Africa

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WHERE TO WATCH

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICAN PREMIER: Encounters International Documentary Film Festival Opening night film

August 20 & 28, 2020 | Online

SOUTH KOREA

DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

September 17 - 24, 2020 | Online

Former Bell Pottinger Iraq special operations unit head Paul Bell overlooking Baghdad, Iraq

South African opposition politician Phumzile van Damme

Daily Maverick Associate Editor Marianne Thamm

Press enquiries:

North America | Ingrid Hamilton, GAT PR

South Africa | Joy Sapieka & Associates

joyls@mweb.co.za

Sales enquiries:

Shane Riley, Cinetic Media

shane@cineticmedia.com

Former co-founder of Bell Pottinger, Lord Tim Bell, in an interview with the PR Moment Podcast in London

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