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Ithaka
“a father. a family. a fight for justice.”
8.5 / 10• 2022• 1h 51m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
JS
John Shipton
self
Lead
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)
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ben Lawrence's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ithaka is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
