Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The Whistleblower

The Whistleblower

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 4, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 07:31, 18 August 2014 (UTC)



The Whistleblower is a 2010 thriller film directed by Larysa Kondracki and starring Rachel Weisz (pictured). The screenplay was inspired by the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska police officer who worked as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina for DynCorp International in 1999 and discovered a sex trafficking ring serving (and being facilitated by) DynCorp employees. Kondracki wanted her debut film to concern human trafficking, and she encountered Bolkovac's story in college. Eight years after deciding to produce the film, Kondracki secured funding and cast Weisz in the lead role. The Whistleblower—a co-production between Canada, Germany, and the United States—began filming in Romania from October 2009 to December 2009. It premiered on September 13, 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Samuel Goldwyn Films distributed the film in theaters in the United States. The film was advertised as a fictionalization of events occurring during the late 1990s. Kondracki said that the facts are broadly accurate but some details were omitted for the film. Despite garnering mixed reviews, The Whistleblower received several awards and nominations, including three nominations at the 2012 Genie Awards.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The Simpson's Movie is the most recent film article, appearing on the main page on July 26. Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is the most recent article about a film on human trafficking, appearing on the main page last December.
 * Main editors: 1ST7
 * Promoted: July 16
 * Reasons for nomination: This is my first FA, and I would like to see it featured on the main page. Also, though the events the film depicts are set in the late 1990s, the topics (human trafficking, post-war corruption) are very relevant today.
 * Support as nominator. 1ST7 (talk) 19:45, 7 August 2014 (UTC)