Summary
Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+16)
Critics 76Audiences 60GoodWatch 69
Tomatometer80%
Metascore72
User score6.6
IMDb6.3
Audience score51%
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for documentaries, −5 min on the typical 96
typical 9691Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
Released
2017
May 5, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
GermanSpanishArabicMade in
Germany- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 28
Julian AssangeSelf
Sarah HarrisonSelf
Jacob AppelbaumSelf- JFJoseph FarrellSelf
- RARenata AvilaSelf - Lawyer
Jennifer RobinsonSelf - Lawyer- ECErinn ClarkSelf - Tor Project developer
Laura PoitrasSelf (voice)- AAAna AlbanSelf - Ecuadorian ambassador
- CAChristine AssangeSelf - Julian's mother
- LBLouis BladelSelf - FBI counterintelligence
Amal ClooneySelf- RDRoger DingledineSelf - Tor Project
Daniel EllsbergSelf- TGTamer GadallaSelf - TE Data Managing Director
Lady GagaSelf
Amy GoodmanSelf
Kristinn HrafnssonSelf- HKHelena KennedySelf - Lawyer
Gavin MacFadyenSelf- HMHelmut Martin-JungSelf - Journalist
- MNMathia NalappanSelf - Nokia North Africa General Manager
- FNFidel NarvaezSelf - Ecuadorian consul
Vaughan SmithSelf
Directing · 1
- Laura Poitras Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Recordist
Production · 4
- Sam Esmail Executive Producer
- Yoni Golijov Producer
- Brenda Coughlin Producer
- Kirsten Johnson Co-Producer, Director of Photography
Camera · 1
- Katy Scoggin Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Erin Casper Editor
- Melody London Editor
Sound · 4
- Jeremy Flower Music
- Andy Hoare Sound Recordist
- Wellington Bowler Sound Recordist
- Farihah Zaman Sound Recordist
Visual Effects · 2
- Killian Manning Visual Effects
- Neil Reynolds Visual Effects
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