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Acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney takes the reins for this no-holds-barred look at one of the most unusual phenomena of early 21st century media. In WE STEAL SECRETS, Gibney relays the story of the WikiLeaks website from the inside, and moves beyond black and white to penetrate a complex network of activity guided by courage and idealism but also allegedly guilty of ethical insensitivity and hypocrisy.Product Identifiers
ProducerAlexis Bloom, Marc Shmuger, Alex Gibney
EAN5050582950915
eBay Product ID (ePID)168644752
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleWe Steal Secrets-The Story of Wikileaks
DirectorAlex Gibney
Release Year2013
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreDocumentaries & Biographies, Biographies, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
ComposerWill Bates
Additional InformationAcclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney (ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM) takes the reins for this no-holds-barred look at one of the most unusual phenomena of early 21st century media. In 2006, an Iceland-based outfit called The Sunshine Press launched the website WikiLeaks.org. As run by Australian Internet activist Julian Assange, the site's mandate involved regularly publishing top-secret documents and covert information, often regarding governments and their respective military operations. As might be expected, this set off a firestorm between those who admired the organization's bravado and resourcefulness, and those who argued, not unjustly, that the dissemination of data regarding such events as the U.S. war in Afghanistan could put untold numbers of lives at risk. In WE STEAL SECRETS, Gibney relays the story of the WikiLeaks website from the inside, and moves beyond black and white to penetrate a complex network of activity guided by courage and idealism but also allegedly guilty of ethical insensitivity and hypocrisy.
ReviewsEmpire - Alex Gibney adds to his forensic examinations of Enron and Abu Ghraib with another fine documentary., The Observer - The film creates an astonishing picture of the complex new world of internet communications, intelligence and the ever-expanding web of post-cold war secrecy.
FeaturedJulian Assange
CinematographerMaryse Alberti
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorAndy Grieve
Movie/TV TitleWe Steal Secrets - The Story Of Wikileaks
Consumer AdviceContains strong real images of violence and strong language