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Producer(s):
ARTE GEIE
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2021
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
On January 4th, the British justice refused the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States – where the founder of Wikileaks risks up to 175 years in prison for having published hundreds of thousands of confidential documents from the US diplomacy and secret services. The hero of a generation of activists’ fate hangs in the balance.
In this bitter legal battle, the U.S. government immediately appealed and the Australian publication manager remains incarcerated in a high-security prison in the London suburbs. Delving into Julian Assange's past is to enter a spy novel where diplomacy, politics and intelligence are intertwined. From Quito to Madrid, from London to Washington, from Stockholm to Mexico City, Arte has been investigating for five years all over the world and has given the floor to the key players in the Assange case: hackers, spies, lawyers, advisers, ministers and heads of state. His extradition seems to be looming ever closer, yet no one knows what will happen to the founder of Wikileaks and hero of a generation of activists: will he regain his freedom of speech and action or will he be permanently silenced?