All right. Welcome everybody to the Jim Acosta.

Thursday, and we have a special treat for all of you. It's very much tied to the Jim Acosta Thursday, and we have a special treat for all of you.

It's very much tied to the courageous fight for freedom against Russian aggression.

I will be joined by Hollywood legend Sean Penn.

He is the executive producer of the powerful new film, Words of War, which tells the story of Anna Politskovkaya,

who reported on the war in Chechnya and was a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin.

You can see Sean, great to see you. Thanks so much for coming on.

Thank you, man. Good to see you.

And, you know, Anna is played by, we should know, Anna is played by Maxine Peake.

The film also stars Jason Isaacs, is played by, we should know, Anna is played by Maxine Peake. The film also stars

Jason Isaacs, is directed by James Strong, the film released by Rolling Pictures. And Sean, a little bit,

you and I will be speaking with Eric Swalwell, the congressman from California. Apparently,

he's also an executive producer of the film. Is that right? That's right. Yeah.

And I mean, the movie is inspiring, but it's also about the tragic collapse of the press

in Russia during the early years of Putin's rule in that country.

The New York Times notes that Anna was shot dead in her Moscow apartment building on October

7th, Putin's birthday.

In 2006, she was just 48 years old with two adult

children. Putin denied any role, but the trial never got to the bottom of who ordered the killing.

Sean, why did you want to make this movie? Why is it relevant now? Well, to be fair, I didn't get into it

until after it was made.

What happened was that Congressman Swalwell, who was a friend.

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