Risk

Risk

86 mins | Documentary | May 5, 2017

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.

Risk

86 mins | Documentary | May 5, 2017

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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Praxis Films, Field of Vision, First Look Media, Topic Studios
Original title Risk
Directors Laura Poitras
Writers

Cast

Julian Assange

as Self

Sarah Harrison

as Self

Jacob Appelbaum

as Self

Joseph Farrell

as Self

Renata Avila

as Self - Lawyer

Jennifer Robinson

as Self - Lawyer

Erinn Clark

as Self - Tor Project developer

Laura Poitras

as Self (voice)

Ana Alban

as Self - Ecuadorian ambassador

Christine Assange

as Self - Julian's mother

Louis Bladel

as Self - FBI counterintelligence

Hillary Clinton

as Self (archive footage)

Amal Clooney

as Self

Anderson Cooper

as Self (archive sound)

Roger Dingledine

as Self - Tor Project

Daniel Ellsberg

as Self

Tamer Gadalla

as Self - TE Data Managing Director

Lady Gaga

as Self

Amy Goodman

as Self

Helena Kennedy

as Self - Lawyer

Gavin MacFadyen

as Self

Chelsea Manning

as Self (archive footage)

Helmut Martin-Jung

as Self - Journalist

Mathia Nalappan

as Self - Nokia North Africa General Manager

Fidel Narvaez

as Self - Ecuadorian consul

Barack Obama

as Self (archive sound)

Adam Schiff

as Self (archive footage)

Jeff Sessions

as Self (archive sound)

Vaughan Smith

as Self

Edward Snowden

as Self

Donald Trump

as Self (archive footage)

Slavoj Žižek

as Self