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Death Of A Whistleblower

Directed by Ian Gabriel
2023
South Africa
126 minutes
Unclassified 15+
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In this edge of your seat thriller from South Africa, a journalist investigates the death of her colleague. Was he murdered for exposing government corruption?

Investigative journalist Luyanda (Noxolo Dlamini, superb) goes after the stories others don’t want to touch. When a fellow journalist is murdered, Luyanda feels certain that it has to do with a big story her friend was working on – one exposing government corruption on a massive scale. As Luyanda gets closer to the truth, her investigations become increasingly perilous, and even those close to her are put at risk. Prominent director Ian Gabriel (Forgiveness, SFF 2005; Four Corners, SFF 2014) ratchets up the tension in this pulsating thriller that highlights the very real dangers that whistleblowers in South Africa face by coming forward.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.
Death of a Whistleblower has all the hallmarks of a successful Hollywood political thriller - guns, fast cars, sex, betrayal, cloak-and-dagger tactics of the intelligence community and, of course, blood … highly entertaining … while it ticks the boxes of what makes a popular movie that can compete quite easily with what Hollywood has to offer, it still retains its Afritude
Fred Khumalo, City Press

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Sat 8 Jun
6:15pm
Ritz Randwick - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Sun 9 Jun
8:15pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 11
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Wed 12 Jun
6pm
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne - Cinema 5
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
Features
Year
2023
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
South Africa
Language
In English, Afrikaans and Zulu with English subtitles
Director
Ian Gabriel
Producer
Ian Gabriel, Tshepiso Chikapa-Phiri, Moroba Nkawe
Cast
Noxolo Dlamini, Irshaad Ally, Anthony Oseyemi
Screenwriter
Louis Viljoen, Marius Scholtz, Philip Roberts, Kelly Eve Koopman
Cinematographer
Devin Toselli
Editor
Eva Du Preez
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Crime, Africa, Politics & Economics
Company Credits
Sales Agent: Known Associates Entertainment
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