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MR. JONES – Review by Jennifer Merin

June 19, 2020June 21, 2020 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Agnieszka Holland, andrea chalupa, Cinema Citizen, gareth jones, holodomor, james norton, motw, Movie of the Week, mr. jones, peter sarsgaard, truth-based, ukraine, vanessa kirby

This emotion-charged thriller is the story of Gareth Jones (1905-1935), a Welsh journalist whose dedication to truth in media is

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MR JONES – Review by Cate Marquis

June 19, 2020June 21, 2020 Cate Marquis 0 Comments Agnieszka Holland, andrea chalupa, gareth jones, holodomor, james norton, Movie of the Week, mr. jones, truth-based, ukraine

The great Polish director/writer Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness, Europa Europa) reverses the usual case of a male director telling the story of a courageous woman, to tell the story of a persistent young Welsh journalist in the early 1930s. Mr. Jones tells a truth-based tale about Gareth Jones (James Norton), who uncovers a secret famine in the Ukraine, and whose discoveries reveal the truth about Stalin and help inspire George Orwell’s Animal Farm.