We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an American independent documentary film about the organization started by Julian Assange, and people involved in the collection and distribution of secret information and media by whistleblowers. It covers a period of several decades, and includes considerable background material.
Filmed with the startling immediacy of unfolding history, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney’s We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. Hailed by some as a free-speech hero and by others as a traitor and terrorist, the enigmatic Assange’s rise and fall are paralleled with that of Pfc.
Bradley Manning, the brilliant, troubled young soldier who downloaded hundreds of thousands of documents from classified U.S. military and diplomatic servers, revealing the behind-the-scenes workings of the government’s international diplomacy and military strategy.
In seeking to expose abuse in the corridors of power, Assange and Manning were undermined by forces within and without, as well as by their own human failings. We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks is a riveting, multi-layered tale about transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth.
The Story of Wikileaks (2013)
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Starring: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, Chelsea Manning, Heather Brooke, Robert Manne, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Cinematography by: Maryse Alberti
Film Editing by: Andy Grieve
Music by: Will Bates
MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing violent images, language and sexual material.
Studio: Focus World
Release Date: May 24, 2013
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