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BELLINGCAT: TRUTH IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD

by Hans Pool

SYNOPSIS

BELLINGCAT – TRUTH IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the “citizen investigative journalist” collective known as Bellingcat. In cases ranging from the MH17 disaster to the poisoning of a Russian spy in the United Kingdom, the Bellingcat team’s quest for truth will shed light on the fight for journalistic integrity in the era of fake news and alternative facts.

DETAILS

88 mins

2018

Netherlands

English, German, Russian

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CREDITS

Presented by Submarine Amsterdam in co-production with VPRO

Written, directed & camera by Hans Pool

Producers: Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix

Executive Producer: Nick Fraser

Sound: Pepijn Aben

Editing: Simon Barker

Research: Sasha Ourikh, Yula Altchouler

Music: Frank Wienk (Binkbeats)