Ithaka

Name: Ithaka
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 3, 2023
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Ai Weiwei, John Pilger, John Shipton, Stella Moris, Vivienne Westwood

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| Release Date: March 3, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Ai Weiwei, John Pilger, John Shipton, Stella Moris, Vivienne Westwood

Summary: Assange remains a remand prisoner at U.K.'s maximum security Belmarsh Prison as he appeals an extradition order to the U.S. where he could face 175 years in prison for his role in the release of classified U.S. diplomatic files.

Director: Ben Lawrence

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Mar 3, 2023

Ithaka shows us how time and experience have lent perspective to it all, affectingly focusing on Assange’s elderly father John Shipton, and Assange’s fiancee Stella Moris (now his wife), who have doggedly fought for Assange’s rights as an investigative journalist and publisher. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Mar 20, 2023

You won’t find much ambiguity on these subjects in the documentary Ithaka, directed by Ben Lawrence and produced by Assange’s half-brother, Gabriel Shipton. Unsurprisingly, it’s totally Team Julian. Read full review

Robert Abele

Mar 3, 2023

Ithaka isn’t as effective an advocacy doc as it could be, sometimes feeling trapped between wanting to intellectualize with onscreen text and contextualized history and looking for observational moments that crystallize the pain and concern for the Assange family. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Mar 3, 2023

Shipton is a fascinating character – abrupt, ill at ease with the voracious press attention, but also possessed of a sharp, unusual intelligence that tends to veer off at jarring tangents. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Mar 8, 2023

Laura Poitras’s 2017 documentary “Risk” was a close-up portrait of Assange, shot during his early years of infamy and as fascinating, in a squirmy way, as Assange himself. “Ithaka” is less about the man than the cause — how the continued prosecution of Assange fits into the issue of free speech. It’s a more morally clean-cut watch. But it’s a lot less dramatic. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Mar 23, 2023

The documentary repeats three monotonous points: Journalists lie. Regardless, Assange is a journalist who deserves protection. Also, his family misses him a heck of a lot. Read full review

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