Risk

One of the Most Controversial Figures of Our Time, Julian Assange

From the Academy Award-winning director of Citizenfour, RISK is a character study of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange, filmed over a period of six years that collides with a high stakes election year and its controversial aftermath.

Cornered in a tiny building for half a decade, Julian Assange is undeterred even as the legal jeopardy he faces threatens to undermine the organization he leads and fracture the movement he inspired. Capturing this story, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle.

Nominated for the Golden Eye at the Cannes Film Festival. Nominated for the Grand Jury Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.

"A jaw-dropping profile of one man's battle with world governments, common decency and his own out-of-control ego." - Tom Huddleston, Time Out