Synopsis
SPOTLIGHT
tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe
investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's
oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious
"Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the
Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up
at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government
establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. Directed by
Academy Award-nominee Tom McCarthy, SPOTLIGHT is a tense investigative
dramatic-thriller, tracing the steps to one of the biggest cover-ups in modern
times.