Antidote

Synopsis

What is the cost of speaking truth to power? In Putin’s Russia, it could mean your life. An immersive and chilling documentary, ANTIDOTE follows in real time a whistleblower from inside Russia's poison program as he attempts to escape, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent political activist who is poisoned twice and now stands trial for treason and his wife Evgenia, and Christo Grozev, the journalist exposing Putin's murder machine as he is told he is under threat and is forced to go on the run himself.

Director Biography

James Jones is an Emmy-winning British director who makes documentary films for international television and theatrical release. His documentaries tell extraordinary human stories from all over the world. The films combine journalistic rigor with a distinctive cinematic sensibility. James is a Russian speaker with a longstanding interest in Russia. He recently made the BAFTA and Cinema Eye-winning film Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes. His series Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn aired on Apple TV last year.