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ITHAKA - A FIGHT TO FREE JULIAN ASSANGE

By Ben LAWRENCE

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Documentary - Completed 2022

The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this portrait of Julian Assange’s wife and father who battle the British establishment on behalf of the WikiLeaks founder.

Festivals
& Awards

Sydney Film Festival, Australia 2021
Sheffield DOKFest, Uk 2022
Doc Edge, New Zealand 2022
Human Rights Film Festival Berlin, Germany 2022 2022
Audience Award
DOC NYC, USA 2022
Millenium Festival, Belgium 2023
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Greece 2023
Amnesty International Award
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    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ben LAWRENCE
    • Producer(s)
    • Gabriel SHIPTON (Shipton House)
    • Synopsis
    • Filmed over two years across the UK, Europe and the US, this documentary follows 76-year-old retired builder, John Shipton’s tireless campaign to save his son, Julian Assange. The world’s most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has become an emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption and unpunished war crimes. Now with Julian facing a 175-year-sentence if extradited to the US, his family members are confronting the prospect of losing Julian forever to the abyss of the US justice system. This David-and-Goliath struggle is personal – and, with Julian’s health declining in a British maximum-security prison, the clock is ticking. Weaving historic archive and intimate behind-the-scenes footage, this story tracks John’s journey alongside Julian’s fiancée, Stella Moris, as they join forces to advocate for Julian. We witness John embark on a European odyssey to rally a global network of supporters, advocate to politicians and cautiously step into the media’s glare. Ithaka provides a timely reminder of the global issues at stake in this case, as well as an insight into the personal toll inflicted by the arduous, often lonely task of fighting for a cause bigger than oneself.
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