Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World

Director: Hans Pool

Country: The Netherlands

Year of production: 2018

Duration: 88 min

Subject:

Human dignity
Right to information
The citizen and the state
Media Education

Audience:

Students
Teachers
Employees of penitentiary system
Institutions of the state penitentiary system of Ukraine
Journalists
Government officials
Activists / NGOs

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Sound description
Audio description

Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World explores the promise of open-source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the ‘investigative citizen 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 an era of fake news and alternative facts.

director

Hans Pool

Hans Pool was born in the Netherlands in 1962. He is an award-winning director and cinematographer who combines a journalistic approach with intellectual depth. He masterfully conveys topics that are difficult to grasp with a cinematic language that everyone understands.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

The Right to Win (2004), Looking for an Icon (2005), Views on Vermeer (2009), Putin's Olympic Dream (2012), Via Genoa (2017)