In a world silenced by fear, her truth was unstoppable.
This is the TRUE STORY of the 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.
Writer: Eric Poppen
Director: James Strong
Producer: Paul Brennan, Miriam Segal, Kia Jam, Mark Maxey
Director of Photography: Mike Eley
Theatrical Trailer
Words of War Trailer #1 (2025)