Ithaka
“a father. a family. a fight for justice.”
2022•1h 51m•8.5•Released
Documentary
The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this documentary portrait of an elderly man’s fight to save his son. Arguably the world’s most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a figure pretty much everybody has an opinion about; perhaps more importantly, he serves as the emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption and unpunished war crimes. For his family members who face the prospect of losing him forever to the abyss of the US justice system, however, this David-and-Goliath struggle is personal – and, with his health declining in a British maximum-security prison and American government prosecutors pulling out all the stops to extradite him, the clock is ticking.
Director
Ben Lawrence
Writer
Ben Lawrence
Languages
English
Studio
Shipton House
Cast
John Shipton
self
Julian Assange
Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Theresa May
Self (archive footage)
Daniel Ellsberg
Self (archive footage)
Boris Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Edward Snowden
Self (archive footage)
Joe Rogan
Self (archive footage)
Ai Weiwei
Self
Sophie Raworth
Self (archive footage)
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
Self (archive footage)
Vivienne Westwood
Self
Production
Company
Shipton House
Company
Screen Australia
Company
VicScreen
Company
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer
Gabriel Shipton
Producer
Adrian Devant
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