Ithaka
“a father. a family. a fight for justice.”
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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Cast
13 people
John Shipton
self
Julian Assange
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Julian Assange: Revolution Now
The Simpsons
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Trump: The Art of the Insult
Art of the Surge
Theresa May
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Revealing Ukraine
Daniel Ellsberg
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam
Boris Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Also in
ITV Exposure
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
Edward Snowden
Self (archive footage)
Also in
America's Surveillance State
CyberWar Threat
Joe Rogan
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Zookeeper
NewsRadio
Ai Weiwei
Self
Also in
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Sophie Raworth
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Yes, Prime Minister
Silent Witness
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The 2000s
Revealing Ukraine
Bernie Sanders
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Sweet Hearts Dance
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
Ben Lawrence Director · Niels Ladefoged Cinematographer Karen Johnson Editor
United States release March 3, 2023 · Produced in Australia · Production Screen Australia, VicScreen
Production
Shipton House
Production
Screen Australia
Production
VicScreen
Production
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · January 12, 2021
Premiere · Capricorn Film Festival
Australia · April 21, 2022
Theatrical
United States · March 3, 2023
Limited theatrical
Australia
August 19, 2021 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
November 7, 2021 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
June 7, 2022 · TV · two-part version
Greece
March 8, 2023 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
New Zealand
June 1, 2022 · Digital
United Kingdom
July 8, 2022 · Theatrical
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