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‘I’m Not a Hero:’ Meet the Crusading Journalist at the Heart of Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Collective’

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCatalin Tolontan wasn’t ready for his close-up.The Romanian sports journalist whose investigative work provides the spine of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Collective,” initially turned down director Alexander Nanau’s offer to capture him at work as he sought to expose widespread fraud and corruption.

The story he was chasing, one that involved a staggering level of bureaucratic ineptitude and institutional greed, was simply too hot to risk compromising his sources.“I had a lot of reservations,” Tolontan told Variety during a recent Zoom interview from his native Bucharest. “We have to protect the whistleblowers first of all.

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