For five years, Rob Moore was paid very well to infiltrate environmental activists on behalf of the asbestos industry. But according to him, all that time, he was secretly working as a double agent, trying to reveal the truth about the dodgy oligarchs and rich corporations employing him. When the truth is exposed and his world comes crashing down, he makes one final attempt to redeem himself. Premiering at CPH Dox, this acclaimed film provides a rare insight into the shadowy corporate spy industry.
Hired by K2 Intelligence, Moore posed as a journalist to spy on global anti-asbestos activists. For year after year, he gathered information on campaigners and filed numerous reports to his employers. He claims he that he never passed on any information of value and that he was really using the job as an opportunity to investigate asbestos mines in Russia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam and their connection to a Kazakhstani oligarch. But when his cover is blown, the activists he had befriended completely reject his ‘double agent’ argument and turned on him.
With his life in ruins, he convinces two veteran journalists to tell his story about widespread corruption in a podcast. As the journalists delve deeper into the case, the boundaries between truth and lies become blurred and they become increasingly concerned with the ethical dilemmas of his espionage. So is Rob a truth-seeking whistleblower or a cynical manipulator? And who controls the narrative? In their attempt to uncover the truth, the journalists realise that they are caught in a web of lies and that Rob’s story may be hiding a threat bigger than anyone could have imagined.
A gripping story about power, failure, and the delicate balance between good and bad.