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Synopsis

Despite being detained in one form or another for more than thirteen years, including 5 years in a maximum security prison, multi-award-winning Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange has become the loudest voice for free speech of our times. He risked everything to bring shocking truths to light.

The disclosures of WikiLeaks and Assange from 2010 to 2024 ignited a firestorm of controversy and a relentless pursuit by the most powerful Empire on the planet.

‘THE TRUST FALL: JULIAN ASSANGE’ examines the meaning and significance of the insights that WikiLeaks shared with the world, the resulting behaviour of the governments involved, the extraordinary personal risk taken by Assange, and the wider fundamental issues around press freedom that affect all of us and our right to know.

Filmed over two years on three continents and in ten cities, the film features an array of luminaries including Daniel Ellsberg, John Pilger, Tariq Ali and Chris Hedges, with the insights of experts including Jennifer Robinson, Jill Stein, Stefania Maurizi and Nils Melzer, in addition to reflections of Assange’s family including Stella Assange, John Shipton and Gabriel Shipton. Susan Sarandon, Roger Waters, M.I.A., Tom Morello and Jonathan Oldham lend their voices to narrate the film.

Examining the motives of this peace activist and innovator, this astounding, shocking and inspiring film invites viewers to embark on a journey of understanding, where the circumstances are unprecedented, and the destination unexpected.
“If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth”
- Julian Assange

Credits
Director: Kym Staton
Producers: Kym Staton & Natalia Minana
A Films For Change Original Film
Editors: Endre Kvia & Richard Frankl
Year: First release in 2023. Updated in 2024
Duration: 134 mins
Rating: M – Mature themes and coarse language