Julian Assange

Julian Paul Assange (/əˈsɑːnʒ/ ə-SAHNZH;[3] né Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, hacker, and cypherpunk activist. He has a previous conviction for hacking, dating back to 1996. He founded WikiLeaks in 2006; the organisation came to international attention in 2010 when it published a series of leaks provided by U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. After the 2010 leaks, the United States government launched a criminal investigation into Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.

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Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Rossi
CAST:  David Carr  •  Brian Stelter  •  Bruce Headlam  •  Richard Perez-Pena

Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Rossi
CAST:  David Carr  •  Brian Stelter  •  Bruce Headlam  •  Richard Perez-Pena

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Gibney
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Chelsea Manning  •  John 'Fuzface' McMahon  •  Heather Brooke

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Gibney
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Chelsea Manning  •  John 'Fuzface' McMahon  •  Heather Brooke

InRealLife (2013)

InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing to our children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beeban Kidron
CAST:  Sherry Turkle  •  Nicholas Carr  •  Jimmy Wales  •  Eddie Izzard

InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing to our children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beeban Kidron
CAST:  Sherry Turkle  •  Nicholas Carr  •  Jimmy Wales  •  Eddie Izzard

Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)

Have you ever read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies connected to every website you visit, phone call you make, or app you use? Of course you haven’t. But those agreements allow corporations to do things with your personal information you could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cullen Hoback
CAST:  Leigh Bryan  •  Raymond Kurzweil  •  Joe Lipari  •  Moby

Have you ever read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies connected to every website you visit, phone call you make, or app you use? Of course you haven’t. But those agreements allow corporations to do things with your personal information you could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cullen Hoback
CAST:  Leigh Bryan  •  Raymond Kurzweil  •  Joe Lipari  •  Moby

Shadows of Liberty (2012)

Shadows of Liberty presents the phenomenal true story of today's disintegrating freedoms within the U.S. media, and government, that they don't want you to see. The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Philippe Tremblay
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Charlie Rose  •  Danny Glover  •  David Simon

Shadows of Liberty presents the phenomenal true story of today's disintegrating freedoms within the U.S. media, and government, that they don't want you to see. The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Philippe Tremblay
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Charlie Rose  •  Danny Glover  •  David Simon

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)

Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Knappenberger
CAST:  Anon2World  •  Anonyops  •  Julian Assange  •  Aaron Barr

Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Knappenberger
CAST:  Anon2World  •  Anonyops  •  Julian Assange  •  Aaron Barr

Wikileaks: Secrets & Lies (2012)

Produced by Oxford Film and Television, Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies is Bafta winner Patrick Forbes' seventy-six-minute documentary of the Wikileaks affair as told by the people involved: personal, moving and frequently hot tempered, it documents history in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Forbes
CAST:  Samuel West  •  Julian Assange  •  James Ball  •  Dean Baquet

Produced by Oxford Film and Television, Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies is Bafta winner Patrick Forbes' seventy-six-minute documentary of the Wikileaks affair as told by the people involved: personal, moving and frequently hot tempered, it documents history in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Forbes
CAST:  Samuel West  •  Julian Assange  •  James Ball  •  Dean Baquet

Mediastan (2013)

A small group of Wikileaks journalists make their way through Central Asia interviewing newspaper editors. Their real goal: to find local media outlets to publish secret US diplomatic cables. This intelligent, guerrilla-style doc follows their fascinating journey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johannes Wahlström
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Vladimir Gubanov  •  Alan Rusbridger  •  Bill Keller

A small group of Wikileaks journalists make their way through Central Asia interviewing newspaper editors. Their real goal: to find local media outlets to publish secret US diplomatic cables. This intelligent, guerrilla-style doc follows their fascinating journey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johannes Wahlström
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Vladimir Gubanov  •  Alan Rusbridger  •  Bill Keller

Risk (2017)

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Poitras
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Sarah Harrison  •  Jacob Appelbaum  •  Joseph Farrell

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Poitras
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Sarah Harrison  •  Jacob Appelbaum  •  Joseph Farrell

A Leak In Paradise (2016)

A journey to the heart of tax havens and institutionalised secrecy with Rudolf Elmer, the Swiss whistleblower who, through WikiLeaks, revealed to the world the dirty secrets of a Swiss private bank located in the Cayman Islands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Leloup
CAST:  Julian Assange

A journey to the heart of tax havens and institutionalised secrecy with Rudolf Elmer, the Swiss whistleblower who, through WikiLeaks, revealed to the world the dirty secrets of a Swiss private bank located in the Cayman Islands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Leloup
CAST:  Julian Assange

Snowden's Great Escape (2015)

Tells the story of how Edward Snowden managed to evade capture by the US. For the first time Snowden tells the story of how he managed to escape so that not to have to spend the rest of his life in an American prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Poul-Erik Heilbuth  •  John Goetz
CAST:  Edward Snowden  •  Julian Assange

Tells the story of how Edward Snowden managed to evade capture by the US. For the first time Snowden tells the story of how he managed to escape so that not to have to spend the rest of his life in an American prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Poul-Erik Heilbuth  •  John Goetz
CAST:  Edward Snowden  •  Julian Assange

Citizenfour (2014)

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Poitras
CAST:  Edward Snowden  •  Glenn Greenwald  •  Laura Poitras  •  William Binney

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Poitras
CAST:  Edward Snowden  •  Glenn Greenwald  •  Laura Poitras  •  William Binney

Inside the Dark Web (2014)

Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy of its existence - surveillance. With many concerned that governments and corporations can monitor our every move, Horizon meets the hackers and scientists whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Radford
CAST:  Amanda Drew  •  Jacob Appelbaum  •  Julian Assange  •  Tim Berners-Lee

Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy of its existence - surveillance. With many concerned that governments and corporations can monitor our every move, Horizon meets the hackers and scientists whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Radford
CAST:  Amanda Drew  •  Jacob Appelbaum  •  Julian Assange  •  Tim Berners-Lee

Une contre-histoire de l'internet (2013)

Documentary about freedom defense movements on Internet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvain Bergère
CAST:  Jérémie Zimmermann  •  Richard M. Stallman  •  Julian Assange  •  Mitch Altman

Documentary about freedom defense movements on Internet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvain Bergère
CAST:  Jérémie Zimmermann  •  Richard M. Stallman  •  Julian Assange  •  Mitch Altman

WikiRebels: The Documentary (2010)

In WikiRebels, we learn about the early hacker life of Julian Assange, and his later decision to form an organization where whistleblowers can anonymously pass information that documents crime and immorality. His stated goal is to expose injustice, and nothing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bosse Lindquist
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Daniel Domscheidt-Berg

In WikiRebels, we learn about the early hacker life of Julian Assange, and his later decision to form an organization where whistleblowers can anonymously pass information that documents crime and immorality. His stated goal is to expose injustice, and nothing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bosse Lindquist
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Daniel Domscheidt-Berg

Architects of Denial (2017)

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relatively uncovered in the mainstream media and not on the radar of many average Americans, it is a subject that has gotten far more attention in recent years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lee George
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  George Clooney  •  Barack Obama  •  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relatively uncovered in the mainstream media and not on the radar of many average Americans, it is a subject that has gotten far more attention in recent years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lee George
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  George Clooney  •  Barack Obama  •  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Free Speech Fear Free (2017)

Can we really be fully human without Free Speech? Is free speech the oxygen of our society? Without it we crumble. Free Speech Fear Free get's to the core of what free speech really is, and the impact it has on our day to day lives. It compares the UK with Belarus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarquin Ramsay  •  Jörg Altekruse
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Jude Law  •  Sarah Harrison  •  Mick Jagger

Can we really be fully human without Free Speech? Is free speech the oxygen of our society? Without it we crumble. Free Speech Fear Free get's to the core of what free speech really is, and the impact it has on our day to day lives. It compares the UK with Belarus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarquin Ramsay  •  Jörg Altekruse
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Jude Law  •  Sarah Harrison  •  Mick Jagger

Get Me Roger Stone (2017)

From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political fence as a force in conservative America. Outspoken author, pundit, ahead of his time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morgan Pehme  •  Dylan Bank  •  Daniel DiMauro
CAST:  Roger Stone  •  Donald Trump  •  Paul Manafort  •  Jeffrey Toobin

From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political fence as a force in conservative America. Outspoken author, pundit, ahead of his time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morgan Pehme  •  Dylan Bank  •  Daniel DiMauro
CAST:  Roger Stone  •  Donald Trump  •  Paul Manafort  •  Jeffrey Toobin

The New Radical (2017)

Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Bhala Lough
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Amir Taaki  •  Cody Wilson

Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Bhala Lough
CAST:  Julian Assange  •  Amir Taaki  •  Cody Wilson

Imminent Threat (2015)

A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discourse. Academy Award nominee James Cromwell presents Janek Ambros' directorial debut. The feature doc tackles the War on Terror's impact on civil liberties and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janek Ambros
CAST:  Anwar Al-Awlaki  •  Julian Assange  •  Joe Biden  •  David Boaz

A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discourse. Academy Award nominee James Cromwell presents Janek Ambros' directorial debut. The feature doc tackles the War on Terror's impact on civil liberties and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janek Ambros
CAST:  Anwar Al-Awlaki  •  Julian Assange  •  Joe Biden  •  David Boaz
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