2022DocumentaryCrime1h 40m

The Killing of a Journalist

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

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.

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languagesk

Keywords

corruptionpoliticsjournalismprotestpress freedompolitical corruptioninvestigative journalisminvestigative journalistslovakiacentral europefreedom of the press

Production

Final Cut for Real
Final Cut for Real
OCCRP
OCCRP
Frame Films
Frame Films
Gotfat Productions
Gotfat Productions
WDR
WDR