
Snowden(2016)
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.


“Can you keep a national secret?”
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

Jeremy Renner
Gary Webb

Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Anna Simons

Michael Sheen
Fred Weil

Ray Liotta
John Cullen

Robert Patrick
Ronny Quail

Andy Garcia
Norwin Meneses

Paz Vega
Coral Baca

Michael Kenneth Williams
Ricky Ross

Rosemarie DeWitt
Sue Webb

Tim Blake Nelson
Alan Fenster
Kill the Messenger is a crime, drama, mystery, thriller, history film released in 2014 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), drug trafficking, biography, crack cocaine, government conspiracy, investigative journalism. Directed by Michael Cuesta, it stars Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen. A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
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