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MOVIE OF THE WEEK June 26, 2020: MR. JONES

June 21, 2020June 26, 2020 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Agnieszka Holland, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, james norton, jennifer merin, kathia woods, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, marina antunes, motw, Movie of the Week, mr. jones, Pam Grady, peter sarsgaard, sandie angulo chen, truth-based, vanessa kirby

As if we need further proof that cries of “fake news” are desperate attempts of the complicit to deny their wrongdoing, Agnieszka Holland’s truth-based thriller Mr. Jones tells the stirring story of 1930s Welsh journalist Gareth Jones. He broke the story of the Holodomor, a massive engineered famine in Soviet-run Ukraine, only to have his claims declared false by those who sought to champion the Soviet Union’s communist revolution and form advantageous alliances with the powerful nation.

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MR JONES – Review by Kathia Woods

June 19, 2020June 21, 2020 Kathia Woods 0 Comments Agnieszka Holland, biopic, fames norton, gareth jones, motw, Movie of the Week, mr. jones, truth-based

Mr. Jones is a timely film that focuses on a topic that we find ourselves once again grappling with: Truth in journalism. As our country is fighting for Democracy, accountability and truth, we too often find ourselves struggling to answer the question ‘how did we get here, to this troubled time in our history?’ Mr. Jones answers this question beautifully — but looking back to another troubled time in history when the subject in focus is the Soviet Union and the historic event is the Ukraine famine of 1932-33.

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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.