Risk
2017How much of your own life are you willing to risk
Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.
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Julian Assange
Self
Sarah Harrison
Self
Jacob Appelbaum
Self
Joseph Farrell
Self
Renata Avila
Lawyer
Jennifer Robinson
Lawyer
Erinn Clark
Tor Project developer
Laura Poitras
(voice)
Ana Alban
Ecuadorian ambassador
Christine Assange
Julian's mother
Louis Bladel
FBI counterintelligence
Amal Clooney
Self
Roger Dingledine
Tor Project
Daniel Ellsberg
Self
Tamer Gadalla
TE Data Managing Director
Lady Gaga
Self
Amy Goodman
Self
Kristinn Hrafnsson
Self
Helena Kennedy
Lawyer
Gavin MacFadyen
Self
Helmut Martin-Jung
Journalist
Mathia Nalappan
Nokia North Africa General Manager
Fidel Narvaez
Ecuadorian consul
Vaughan Smith
Self
Edward Snowden
Self
Katerina Suvorova
Self
Johannes Wahlström
Self
Slavoj Žižek
Self
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