The Killing of a Journalist (2022)

  • NR
  • 10/14/2022 (US)
  • Documentary, Crime
  • 1h 40m

"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.

Matt Sarnecki

Director

Cast

Robert Fico's headshot

Robert Fico

Self (archive footage)
Robert Kalinak's headshot

Robert Kalinak

Self (archive footage)
Andrej Kiska's headshot

Andrej Kiska

Self (archive footage)

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