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- 90Film ThreatLorry KiktaFilm ThreatLorry KiktaThe most critical element of Winter’s documentary is not the scandal itself, but the fact that hundreds of journalists from around the world were able to work together to expose this corruption, despite the consequences, and their egos.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe Panama Papers captures and celebrates a different concentration of power: that of the journalists who’ve begun to band together by thinking globally, following the money as it travels — and does its best to hide — around the world.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreMarissa Taylor, one of over 100 journalists worldwide involved in the expose, adds “Why are people going to care that the rich don’t pay their taxes and crooks are crooks?”
- 70Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshThe Panama Papers serves as a reminder of the important work reporters do in fighting abuses of power and the way that work is evolving in an increasingly fractured global landscape.