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Ithaka

2022 · 111 min

This film immerses you in the high-stakes, emotionally draining reality of a personal battle against powerful systems.

Directed by
Ben Lawrence
Genres
Documentary
Starring
John Shipton, Julian Assange, Donald Trump
Tagline
a father. a family. a fight for justice.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Ben Lawrence
Genres
Documentary
Starring
John Shipton, Julian Assange, Donald Trump
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • justice
  • politics
  • media
  • isolation
Places
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ben Lawrence
Written by
Ben Lawrence
Starring
John Shipton, Julian Assange, Donald Trump, Theresa May, Daniel Ellsberg, Boris Johnson, Edward Snowden, Joe Rogan
Cinematography
Niels Ladefoged
Runtime
111 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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