One World Screening: 80 Angry Journalists

One World Liberec

The Hungarian government has managed to take control of one of the country’s most important independent news outlets, Index.hu. Its journalists fight back with every means available, but face a system that does not play fair.

In 2020, people loyal to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán take control of the independent news site Index.hu. The journalists protest, resign and try to establish a new outlet. Their effort to defend independent journalism runs up against the tangled network of an authoritarian regime. Through testimony from former employees, this investigative documentary stresses the importance of the media at a time when the value of truth is increasingly questioned. Its urgent, methodical account of the dismantling of independent media shows that this is far more than a local story: it is a wider problem facing societies today.

Advance ticket sales close at 12:00 noon on the day of the screening. Tickets can then be bought at the venue.