Free Viewing: Erik Gandini’s Videocracy

If you didn’t manage to catch it in theaters earlier this year via Lorber Films, Erik Gandini’s Videocracy, a 2009 Venice and TIFF selection is now available for free via SnagFilms. Part of their annual Summer Screening Series, for a limited time only, you can see how the Berlusconi (the media mogul and then politician) went T&A with its television programming. The doc looks at  “the high-glitz, low-politics, skin-baring media culture promulgated by Berlusconi’s ownership of the majority of the country’s television stations — a powerful tool in shaping public opinion to his financial and political benefit.” Sorry the offer appears to be available only in the U.S.