We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)

05/24/2013 (US) • 2h 7m

Documentary, Drama

The truth has consequences.

Overview

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.

Top Billed Cast

Julian Assange

Self - Founder, WikiLeaks (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning

Self - WikiLeaks Source (archive footage)

Heather Brooke

Self - Journalist

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

Robert Manne

Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne

John 'Fuzface' McMahon

Self - NASA Network Administrator

Michael Hayden

Self - Former NSA and CIA Director

J. William Leonard

Self - U.S. Government Classification Czar

Daniel Domscheit-Berg

Self - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$602,042.00

Keywords

national security agency (nsa)

information leak

government cover-up

government agent

investigative journalism

misleading information

nsa agent

government agency

secrecy

government secrets

social change

wikileaks

julian assange

wikileaks and surveillance

social movements for civil rights

biographical drama

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