ITHAKA – In Person: Julian Assange's Father and Brother, John and Gabriel Shipton

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Sat, Mar 18, 2023 7:00 PM

Description

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)

Still from ITHAKA (2022)

Still from ITHAKA (2022)

Still from ITHAKA (2022)