WikiLeaks: Secrets and Lies

Patrick Forbes

Unique portrait of controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the rise and fall of the biggest whistle-blowing platform in modern history.

Using interviews with those directly concerned, director Patrick Forbes reconstructs how the Wikileaks website, initially designed as a portal for accessing secret political and diplomatic information, has gradually changed into a navel-gazing exercise. From the disclosure of numerous secret military documents by dissatisfied American soldier Bradley Manning to the high-profile rape case against Assange in Sweden, the film highlights the controversial Wikileaks history, which has brought not only benefits; ask whistleblower Manning, who has been in detention for a long time now pending his trial.

Credits

Director
Patrick Forbes
Year
2011
Country of production
Germany, United Kingdom
Type
Documentary
Duration
82 minutes
Spoken language
English
Subtitles
NL
Production company
Oxford Film and Television