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Faced with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Jon Snow rediscovers his purpose in doing what he always done: exposing injustice; fighting for a Zambian community whose homes have been destroyed by a mine.
A Last Big Story follows the veteran journalist and national treasure as he and his wife Precious come to terms with his diagnosis. Precious, a neuroscientist, knows that the worst thing for Jon is to suffer behind closed doors and the couple are determined to live the fullest life possible with the years they have left together.
They embark on this journey, a film intended to reveal Jon’s condition to the world, but while on Safari at Victoria Falls Jon hears about a catastrophic mining disaster that has received almost no media coverage. With Precious’ support, Jon embarks one last big story. Over the course of a year, alongside his friend and former colleague Ben de Pear and with the help of an inspiring team of Zambian campaigners, Jon uncovers one of the worst mining and ecological disasters of modern times and sets off on a mission to get the forgotten victims justice.