Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this documentary portrait of an elderly man’s fight to save his son.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+8)
Critics 64Audiences 72GoodWatch 60
Tomatometer73%
Metascore55
IMDb7.3
Letterboxd · 400 ratings3.5/5
Running time
1 h 51 min
Longer than most documentaries, +15 min on the typical 96
typical 96111Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
2022
April 21, 2022
4 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Australia
13 of 13
- JSJohn Shiptonself
Julian AssangeSelf (archive footage)
Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
Theresa MaySelf (archive footage)
Daniel EllsbergSelf (archive footage)
Boris JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Edward SnowdenSelf (archive footage)
Joe RoganSelf (archive footage)
Ai WeiweiSelf
Sophie RaworthSelf (archive footage)
Joe BidenSelf (archive footage)
Bernie SandersSelf (archive footage)
Vivienne WestwoodSelf
Directing · 1
- Ben Lawrence Director, Writer
Production · 4
- Roger Savage Executive Producer
- Adrian Devant Producer
- Gabriel Shipton Producer
- Lidia Ciszewska Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Niels Ladefoged Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Karen Johnson Editor
- Phoenix Chisholm Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
- Brian Eno Music
- Andrew Kotatko Music Supervisor
Other crew · 6
- Stephen Oliver Commissioning Editor
- John Pilger Thanks
- Nico Lathouris Thanks
- Dan Read Thanks
- Octavia Mansfield Post Production Supervisor
- Paula Jensen Thanks
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