Risk

— Laura Poitras knows how to weave interviews and news reports into a gripping story. Her documentary look at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could easily have been another pro-transparency piece and I was expecting things to land with Assange as the righteous defender of truth. Somewhere along the way, under the scrutiny of the lens, he started looking a little less benevolent and egalitarian. For me it makes Poitras’ portrait more believable and maybe more frightening in knowing the power people like Assange, Jacob Appelbaum, and Edward Snowden have and the ease with which such power can be abused.

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[2016. 922 min. Directed by Laura Poitras. Featuring Julian Assange, Sara Harrison and Jacob Appelbaum.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/movies/risk-review-julian-assange-laura-poitras.html