
SPOTLIGHT
MEETS
DIRTY MONEY
TITLE: WHISTLEBLOWERS
LOGLINE - THE TRUTH AT WHATEVER COST
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Whistleblowers is about a group of maverick hardcore investigative journalists who work for a small independent and severely underfunded news and investigative publishing company situated in the belly of downtown Johannesburg. For this relentless and fearless team finding the truth comes at any cost.
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The maverick crew of Siya Malose - Story Editor, Jimmy Cartel - Photographer discover a young runaway boy after an accident at a closed mining site. This disused mining site is in the town of Prosper and run by a religious sect linked to the gold and diamond giant - Dual Core Mining Group and the Russian mafia.
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Infiltration into Prosper's sect which is merely a front for money & mineral laundering and human trafficking is not easy. Things get serious when the journo's discover that they and the boy are on the hit list of the evil religious clergyman Molokwe. Protecting themselves and the source from Molokwe and Dual Core Mining becomes paramount.
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The more they dig the bigger and more dangerous their investigation becomes. They realise this to be the biggest white collar underground corruption and political crime news story of their lives with links to the highest powers of the world.
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Releasing the full story to the world is all about timing but, have they every detail covered? Will they be tough enough, and have the balls to take down the world's top? Or are the world rulers just too powerful and dangerous to take on.
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The truth is out there, at whatever cost.
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Genre; Dark Investigative Drama,
Length: x8 part Series
Themes: Political, journalism, cult, news reporters, David vs Goliath, the search for truth. corruption, greed. laundering, extortion, illegal mining and trade.
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