Face 2 Face With David Peck

Agnieszka Holland’s and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her compelling and beautiful new film Mr. Jones, propaganda, polarization of the media, oppression, duty and responsibility and King Leopold’s Ghost.TrailerSynopsis:Agnieszka Holland’s thriller, set on the eve of WWII, sees Hitler’s rise to power and Stalin’s Soviet propaganda machine pushing their utopia to the Western world.Starring Peter Sarsgaard, James Norton and Vanessa Kirby this is an important and timeless story. It is history to be sure, but relevant today as it take on topics like the fake news, alternative realities, corruption of the media, cowardice of governments and indifference.An ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones (Norton) travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth behind the facade that would later inspire George Orwell’s semina