The Killing of a Journalist (2022)

08/23/2022 (CZ) • 1h 40m

Documentary, Crime

"An attack on a journalist is an attack on us all!"

Overview

A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges, and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.

Top Billed Cast

Robert Fico

Self (archive footage)

Robert Kalinak

Self (archive footage)

Andrej Kiska

Self (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

corruption

politics

journalism

protest

press freedom

political corruption

investigative journalism

investigative journalist

slovakia

central europe

freedom of the press

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