It won an award for the Best African film at the Joburg Film Festival earlier this year. And now the film is back on its winning streak at the prestigious Opening Night Film for the Harlem based African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) in New York City.
The screening marks a milestone for South African cinema, as the film’s gripping narrative about corruption, justice, and moral courage gains global attention, with the premiere USA screening scheduled to take place at Columbia University’s historic Teachers College theatre, inaugurated in 1887 and at several other popular New York venues.
Set against the backdrop of a dangerous conspiracy involving military corruption and illicit arms trafficking, Death of a Whistleblower draws on real-world events, further enhancing its powerful relevance in today's socio-political climate and focuses on the conduct of warfare for profit in Africa and the Middle East.
The movie’s intense exploration of moral integrity in the face of overwhelming danger makes it one of the most talked-about films of the year.
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In the film, investigative journalist Luyanda Masinda's life is thrown into shock when her one-night lover, renowned editor Stanley Galloway, is hijacked and killed in front of her in a busy Johannesburg street.
When it becomes clear that Stanley's death was engineered by unknown forces in high places, and Luyanda discovers that Stanley has been receiving explosive...
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