Words of War

Plot

World-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields and exposing Russian state corruption under Vladimir Putin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechnya despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence, including being poisoned. She was ultimately murdered in the elevator of her block of flats and it remains unclear who paid for the contract killing.

About Words of War

Words of War is a 2025 biographical drama film about the late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Directed by James Strong, Maxine Peake as Politkovskaya, Jason Isaacs as her husband Alexander Politkovsky, and Ciarán Hinds as her Nobel Peace Prize–winning editor at the Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov.

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