: Jones eludes authorities and travels clandestinely to Ukraine, where he witnesses firsthand the mass starvation and death.

Won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2019 Polish Film Festival. Plot & Production The film is structured into two primary halves:

as Walter Duranty, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Moscow bureau chief who actively denied the famine

Gareth Jones's real-life reporting is widely credited as a major source of inspiration for George Orwell’s , which the film acknowledges. The story highlights the conflict between truth-seeking journalism and the political expediency that often covers up atrocities. Holodomor Films (Great Famine in Ukraine) - IMDb

The feature has been praised for its visceral portrayal of the famine and its exploration of journalistic integrity in the face of propaganda. It can be found on streaming platforms like CHILI .

(internationally titled Mr. Jones ) is a 2019 biographical thriller and historical feature film directed by Agnieszka Holland . It tells the true story of Gareth Jones, a young Welsh journalist who, in 1933, broke the Soviet media blockade to expose the Holodomor , the genocidal man-made famine in Ukraine engineered by Joseph Stalin. Key Details Release Year: 2019 Director: Agnieszka Holland Principal Cast: James Norton as Gareth Jones Vanessa Kirby as Ada Brooks