Death of a Whistleblower (2023)

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Details

  • drama
  • thriller

Logline

Journalist Luyanda Masinda's life is thrown into shock when her one night lover is hijacked and killed in front of her in a busy Johannesburg street.

Year

2023

Type

Fiction

Format

Feature Film

Country

South Africa

Language

English

Release Date

2023/09/09

Runtime

127 minutes

Stage

Finished

Premiere Platform

Toronto International Film Festival

Plot Summary

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 information from a secret military whistle-blower, she realizes that the clue to his death may lie with the secrets the whistle-blower is determined to reveal.

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Cast

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Crew

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Ian Gabriel

Director

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Ian Gabriel

Producer

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Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri

Producer

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Moroba Nkawe

Producer

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Philip Roberts

Writer

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Ian Gabriel

Writer

Companies

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Known Associates Entertainment

Producer

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Boondogle Films

Co Producer

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