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

The Killing of a Journalist (2022)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Matt Sarnecki
  • Profile picture of Robert Fico
    Self (archive footage) Robert Fico

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Keywords

  • corruption
  • politics
  • journalism
  • protest
  • press freedom
  • political corruption
  • investigative journalism
  • investigative journalist
  • slovakia
  • central europe
  • freedom of the press