Synopsis
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.
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Cast
- Elijah WoodJohn Doe (voice)
- Bastian ObermayerSelf - Investigative Reporter, Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Katrin LanghansSelf - Investigative Reporter, Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Frederik ObermaierSelf - Investigative Reporter, Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Marina Walker GuevaraSelf - Deputy Director, ICIJ
- Gerard RyleSelf - Director, ICIJ
- Emilia Díaz-StruckSelf - Research Editor & Latin American Coordinator, ICIJ
- Matthew Caruana GaliziaSelf - Data Analyst, ICIJ Malta
- Kevin HallSelf - Investigative Reporter, McClatchy D.C.
- Marisa TaylorSelf - Investigative Reporter, formerly McClatchy
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
The most critical element of Winter’s documentary is not the scandal itself, but the fact that hundreds of journalists from around the world were able to work together to expose this corruption, despite the consequences, and their egos. - 80
Variety
The Panama Papers captures and celebrates a different concentration of power: that of the journalists who’ve begun to band together by thinking globally, following the money as it travels — and does its best to hide — around the world. - 75
Movie Nation
Marissa Taylor, one of over 100 journalists worldwide involved in the expose, adds “Why are people going to care that the rich don’t pay their taxes and crooks are crooks?” - 70
Los Angeles Times
The Panama Papers serves as a reminder of the important work reporters do in fighting abuses of power and the way that work is evolving in an increasingly fractured global landscape.
