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The Killing of a Journalist

The Killing of a Journalist

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 23, 2023

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Documentary, Crime

User Score

67%

Original Title

The Killing of a Journalist

Production Companies

Final Cut for Real, OCCRP, Frame Films, WDR/Arte, Gotfat Productions

Director

Matt Sarnecki

Description

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.