https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/you-can-t-pretend-it-didn-t-happen-labor-mp-calls-on-government-to-press-us-on-alleged-assange-plot-20211025-p5931c.html
Moris saw Assange in person on Saturday and said she was taken aback by how thin he appeared.
“He was looking very unwell,” she said.
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/very-clearly-a-target-julian-assange-s-fianc-e-stella-moris-fears-cia-will-kill-her-20211025-p5932c.htmlIthaka – Trailer – SFF 21
Sydney Film Festival
Oct 27, 2021
The 68th Sydney Film Festival: 03-14 November 2021
Directed by Ben Lawrence
John Shipton’s determined public advocacy for his son, Julian Assange, in the face of legal battles and media glare. A powerhouse premiere from Ben Lawrence (Ghosthunter, winner SFF 2018).
After Julian Assange was arrested at London's Ecuadorian embassy in 2019, his Victoria-based father stepped into the legal, political and media fray. Joined by Julian's fiancée, Stella Moris, 76-year-old Shipton lays out the situation to journalists, often sounding eerily like his detained son. In early 2021, the UK verdict on whether to extradite Julian to America collided with a pandemic and the US presidential election. As the crusade heats up, Shipton battles on, challenging misconceptions with quiet patience and remarkable composure. Filmed over two years across Europe and the UK, this powerful documentary from Lawrence (Hearts and Bones, SFF 2019) and Julian's brother/producer Gabriel Shipton (Emu Runner, SFF 2019) cleverly encompasses the manifold aspects of a singular campaign. With original music by Brian Eno.
Ben Lawrence's debut documentary Ghosthunter (SFF 2018) won the Documentary Australia Foundation Award and was an AACTA nominee. In 2020 he won Best Direction at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards for Hearts and Bones (SFF 2019), starring Hugo Weaving.
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Julian Assange’s brother, Gabriel Shipton, will release a documentary on the WikiLeaks founder at the Sydney Film Festival.
Mibengé Nsenduluka - November 1, 2021
Filmmaker Gabriel Shipton hopes his new documentary film Ithaka will reveal a new side of his brother, WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.
Shipton, who produced the film, will attend its world premiere at Sydney Film Festival on Sunday along with director Ben Lawrence.
“The audience only knows Julian through media headlines,” Shipton said.
“The film is about [Julian’s] family, it’s a story which has never been told before.”
The film follows Assange’s 76-year-old father John’s campaign for justice beginning in 2019 when images of Assange being arrested from the Ecuadorian embassy in London were beamed around the world.
“Over the last two years [John] has been campaigning around the world non-stop,” Shipton said.
“It takes its toll but that’s what this film is about, is how does somebody keep going when you’re up against this adversary? When you’re up against the most powerful force on the planet?”
Assange is facing up to 175 years in prison for his role in the organisation’s release of classified US diplomatic cables and Pentagon files on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, some which revealed war crimes committed by the US.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/julian-assanges-brother-to-release-bombshell-documentary-about-wikileaks-founder/news-story/a0284fbd5cb7f5b93dbca1edb40
The movie trailer Julian’s brother directed.