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ithaka

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange—one of the world's most famous political prisoners—has become the scapegoat for an international struggle pitting freedom of the press against government secrecy, corruption and unpunished war crimes.

Now, with Julian facing a 175-year sentence if extradited to the US, his family members are confronting the prospect of losing Julian forever to the abyss of the US justice system. This David-and-Goliath struggle is personal—and, with Julian's health declining in a British maximum-security prison and American government prosecutors attempting to extradite him to face trial in the US, the clock is ticking.

It's up to Julian's father, John Shipton, and fiancé Stella Moris to join forces to advocate for Julian on this international odyssey. As they rally a world-wide network of supporters and politicians, they cautiously step into the media's glare—and are forced to confront the events that made Julian a global flashpoint.

Filmed over two years across the UK, Europe and the US, ithaka provides a timely insight into the personal toll inflicted by the arduous, often lonely task of fighting for a cause bigger than oneself.

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