Film

Kill the Messenger 2014

Directed by Michael Cuesta

  • Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • 112 min
  • R

Can you keep a national secret?

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

CrimeDramaMysteryThrillerHistorycentral intelligence agency (cia)drug traffickingbiographycrack cocainegovernment conspiracyinvestigative journalismamerican journalistsan jose, california
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  • Suicide or self-harm
  • Bleak ending

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