Wendy Ide 

Collective review – inspiring account of the power of journalism

Reporters probe into a Romanian healthcare system riddled with corruption in this gripping but bleak documentary
  
  

Heroic reporter Cătălin Tolontan leads the investigation in Collective.
Heroic reporter Cătălin Tolontan leads the investigation in Collective. Photograph: Magnolia Pictures

Utterly compelling and profoundly depressing, this outstanding, propulsive documentary follows a team of reporters as they uncover large-scale fraud in the Romanian healthcare system in the wake of a deadly fire at a Bucharest nightclub. At a time when the press is routinely denigrated, an account of investigative journalism as a force for good makes for inspiring viewing. Or it would do, if the all-too-familiar wall of corruption, cronyism and greed didn’t seem so impervious to the work of those trying to overhaul a system that is rotten to the core.

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