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剧情简介：Mexicoisoneoftheworld’smostdangerouscountriesforjournalists.Butcourageousreporterscontinuetodotheirworkregardless;withoutthepresstherewouldbenoonerevealingtheextenttowhichcrimeandpoliticsareintermingled.Thejudicialsystemhidesbehindclaimsofinsufficientevidencetoprosecutecrimes,whilejournalistsaretheoneswhoprovidesuchevidence.InStateofSilencefourjournalistsdiscusstheirwork.Oneoftheminvestigatesillegalloggingandenvironmentalpollution,whileanotherwritesaboutpoliceviolenceagainstmigrantsattemptingtocrosstheborder.Therisksaregreat,andthreatsarecommonplace.Almost200reportershavedisappearedorbeenmurderedsince2000.AlawwaspassedunderPresidentLópezObradorenablingjournalistsandhumanrightsactiviststoseekrefugeintheUS—butdoesn’tleavingeverythingthatyoulovebehindyou,meanthecriminalshavewon?SomeofthejournalistsreturntoMexicobecausetheirworkistooimportant.“Whenajournalistismurdered,”saysoneofthem,“society’srighttobeinformeddies,too.”