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Ian Gabriel on Why ‘Death of a Whistleblower’ Is a Salute to Journalists in an Era of Manufactured Reality (EXCLUSIVE)
Ian Gabriel's taut topical political thriller 'Death of a Whistleblower' salutes journalists and whistleblowers and the people who are talking truth.
His taut topical political thriller, produced by Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri for Known Associates Entertainment, will have its premiere on Feb. 28 at the Joburg Film Festival with a same-day release on Amazon’s Prime Video. The notorious Wagner Group, Russia’s state-funded private army operating in parts of Africa, also pops up on a TV screen in the background in the film — something that’s deliberate, Gabriel explains. Gabriel says the proliferation of streamers — with development budgets for their own original content — now allows for more varied stories to be brought to screen that traditional South African broadcasters might shy away from.
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