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Risk

How 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.

20171h 31mNRDocumentary, Crime

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About Risk

Directors
Laura Poitras
Cast
Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Jacob Appelbaum, Joseph Farrell, Renata Avila, Jennifer Robinson
Genres
Documentary, Crime
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
Germany, United States of America
Status
Released

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