MR. JONES – SOLD OUT
MR JONES brings to the screen the extraordinary and powerful story of the real-life Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine in Ukraine, which killed almost 10 million in 1932/33. Gareth Jones (James Norton) is an ambitious Welsh journalist who gained fame after his report on being the first foreign journalist to fly with Hitler. On leaving a government role, Jones decides to travel to Moscow in an attempt to get an interview with Stalin himself. Hearing murmurs of government-induced famine, Jones travels clandestinely to Ukraine, where he witnesses the atrocities of man-made starvation. Deported back to London, Jones publishes an article revealing the horrors he witnessed but is accused of being a liar by those who have an interest in silencing him. As the death count mounts, Jones has to fight for the truth…
Introduced by Kateryna Pavlyuk
Kat created "The Boxing Bishop' as one of our 2022 short film commissions. She has previously made films about her native country, including her short documentary, The Curtain, which reflects on Ukraine marking 30 years of independence in 2021. She has curated fundraising film programmes spotlighting cinema from Eastern Europe, and is a volunteer at the Ukrainian Institute London.
- Rating 18
- 18 Feb 2023
- Expired!
- 7:30 pm
- Screening
- 79 Compton Road , London N21 3JR