Private Network: Who Killed Manuel Buendía?

2021

1h 40m

Documentary

Crime

Drama

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80%

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5 Reviews

Directed by Manuel Alcalá (Museo), produced by Gerardo Gatica (Ya no estoy aquí, Selva Trágica), Inna Payán (La Jaula de Oro) and Luis Salinas, and narrated by Daniel Giménez Cacho, this documentary presents the life of the investigation journalist Manuel Buendía, who was assassinated in 1984 outside of his office in Mexico City. More than 35 years after his death, this feature-length documentary gathers the voices of different voices contemporary to Buendía, through which his work will be presented and whom testimonies will make the question emerge: who killed Manuel Buendía and why?

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Private Network: Who Killed Manuel Buendía? is a crime documentary that never loses its focus on the human element of the case, and it’s all the better for it.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 9, 2022

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

Falls short in including some relevant details such as the balance between real journalists versus others not so serious [official], but it's worth it. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 21, 2022

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Hugo Hernández Valdivia

Cinexcepción

In the end, [filmmaker Manuel] Alcalá offers an agile and well-documented chronicle, but its approach and scope are superficial and insufficient. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6.5/10

Nov 4, 2021

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Private Network: Who Killed Manuel Buendia? is only 100 minutes long, but feels far longer because it takes its time to get to the meat of the story.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 30, 2021

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Fernanda Solórzano

Letras Libres

The most interesting segments of this documentary is an interview with Héctor de Reyes. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 26, 2021

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Sergio A

Aburridamente atorrante. Mucha edición y soundtrack que toman protagonismo y hay que esforzarse para seguir la historia.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/24/21

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Manuel Alcalá

Director

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Voice

Manuel Alcalá

Writer

Gerardo Gatica González

Producer

Inna Payán

Producer

Luis Salinas

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Synopsis

Directed by Manuel Alcalá (Museo), produced by Gerardo Gatica (Ya no estoy aquí, Selva Trágica), Inna Payán (La Jaula de Oro) and Luis Salinas, and narrated by Daniel Giménez Cacho, this documentary presents the life of the investigation journalist Manuel Buendía, who was assassinated in 1984 outside of his office in Mexico City. More than 35 years after his death, this feature-length documentary gathers the voices of different voices contemporary to Buendía, through which his work will be presented and whom testimonies will make the question emerge: who killed Manuel Buendía and why?

Director: Manuel Alcalá
Screenwriter: Manuel Alcalá
Production Co: Netflix
Genre: Documentary, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 14, 2021
Runtime: 1h 40m

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