The Killing of a Journalist (2023)

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.

Release Date : Mar 23, 2023

Runtime : 1h 40m

Genre : Documentary  Crime  

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

Countries : Czech Republic, Denmark, United States of America

Keywords : corruption, politics, journalism, protest, press freedom, political corruption, investigative journalism, investigative journalist, slovakia, central europe, freedom of the press