The newspaper your grandparents mourned didn't die naturally—it was murdered by capitalism.
"A Friendly Newspaper" vindicated journalists in a very important sense. For the first time, from a place as influential as television, the business power that exists behind the press was summoned and held responsible for its decline.
Direction
Fabrizi builds a funeral procession for journalism with zero preachiness.
Editing
Newspaper clippings hit harder than any talking head could.
Director
Leandro Fabrizi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El Diario de Puerto Rico wasn't just news—it was the island's collective diary during Americanization.
Fabrizi's choice to never show a single current newspaper office speaks louder than any statistic could.
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