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.
Biography:
Ben Lawrence is a Director, Screenwriter & Producer based in Sydney. His films have screened at festivals including Toronto, Busan, Sydney, Edinburgh, Clermont-Ferrand, Sheffield, DocNYC, Melbourne, Palm Springs, Sitges and Sao Paulo. He was nominated for Australia’s most prestigious documentary film journalism award - The Walkley Documentary Award. He is a two-time Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award nominee and four-time Australian Writers Guild Award winner across feature film, documentary and podcast categories. He was awarded the Australian Directors Guild highest award for his debut feature film, Hearts and Bones - His documentary, Ghosthunter won the Sydney Film Festival Best Documentary and was nominated for the esteemed Illuminate Award at Sheffield DocFest. Ben has also directed factual series for the ABC, including Stuff the British Stole and the 4 Corners true-crime investigative series, Exposed.
Gabriel Shipton is an Australian movie maker known best for producing the 2021 documentary movie Ithaka. Gabriel Shipton is the Chairperson of the Assange Campaign as he often advocated for his half brother Assange's release.
