Saturday, March 18th
at 7:00 PM
ITHAKA
In Person: Julian Assange's Father and
Brother, John and Gabriel Shipton
Members $14 | Public $20
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. Now it's up to Julian's father, John Shipton, and
fiancé Stella Moris, to join forces to advocate for Julian on this
international odyssey. As they rally a world-wide network of supporters and
politicians, they cautiously step into the media's glare – and are forced to
confront the events that made Julian a global flashpoint. (Australia, 2022,
110 min., color, DCP / Director: Ben Lawrence /
Producer: Gabriel Shipton / Music: Brian Eno / DOC
NYC / Human Rights Film Festival Berlin / DocEdge)


