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A moving and intimate portrayal of one father’s fight to save his son, Ithaka exposes the brutal
realities of the campaign to free Julian Assange. The world’s most famous political prisoner,
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has become an emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of
journalism, government 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, the
clock is ticking.
Now it’s up to Julian’s father, John Shipton, and fiancé (now wife) 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.
Winner of Best Documentary and Best Direction at the 2022 Capricorn Film Festival in Queensland.
Gabriel Shipton’s new movie, Ithaka, will soon be launching in the UK having premiered at the Sydney
Film Festival in November 2021. There are currently no planned showings in the US, but we will keep
you posted as information becomes available.
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