New Movie “The Whistleblower” by Filmmaker Larysa Kondracki – A Good Option for Those Interested in WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning & Daniel Ellsberg Stories

The Whistleblower Movie based on Kathryn Bolkovac

The 2011 thriller film The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz opens in theaters August 5, 2011. Directed by filmmaker Larysa Kondracki and written by Kondracki in collaboration with Eilis Kirwan, the film highlights the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac.

In The Whistleblower, a police officer (Rachel Weisz) risks her safety and employment to to reveal systemic, large-scale, human trafficking and sex slave scandal in post war Bosnia. This scandal involves U.S. military contractors in addition to UN employees.

As the world debates the WikiLeaks affair, Bradley Manning and the 40th anniversary of Daniel Ellsberg‘s Pentagon Papers case, movies such as The Whistleblower come at a good time to foster critical thought. WikiLeaks-Movie.com encourages you to share your reviews and thoughts on The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz and based on the story of Kathryn Bolkovac.

Whistleblower Article & Review by The Huffington Post

Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is dark, grim and harrowing. It tells the tale of Kathy Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz), a Nebraska cop looking to make some big dough so she can afford to follow her children (in the custody of her ex-husband) to their new home in Atlanta. She’s been passed over by various law-enforcement agencies in Georgia and feels despondent – until she’s offered a chance to be part of the peacekeeping force being hired by the U.N. in Bosnia.

Continued at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshall-fine/huffpost-review-ithe-whis_b_919214.html

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Whistleblower Article & Review by The New York Times

The directorial debut of the Canadian filmmaker Larysa Kondracki, this grueling exposé of human trafficking in postwar Bosnia teeters in an uneasy balance between quasi-documentary and fiction. “The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman’s Fight for Justice” was filmed largely in Romania.

Continued at: http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/movies/the-whistleblower-with-rachel-weisz-review.html

Whistleblower Resources

– Bradley Manning Video & Film Archive

– Daniel Ellsberg Video & Film Archive

– The National Whistleblowers Center

– The Government Accountability Project

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Thank you for reading this post on The Whistleblower by Filmmaker Larysa Kondracki. This builds on our expanding library of “Edutaining” articles and interviews relating to whistleblowers and WikiLeaks including recent pieces on and by @exiledsurfer, James Spione’s “Incident in New Baghdad,”Greg Mitchell, The Ireland Cables, the PBS LulzSec Hack and Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo). It continues our tradition of highlighting relevant WikiLeaks and Julian Assange news and events as well as the many movies, films, DVD, televised specials and documentary film projects about this important story. Additionally, make sure to check in with Wikileaks-Movie.com with our massive “Go To” resource archive for online videos, film clips, trailers on WikiLeaks as well as Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Lulz Sec & Anonymous.