We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

2013 · 127 min · EN · R · 6.5 (172 votes)

Dir. Alex Gibney · Starring Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Heather Brooke, Alex Gibney, Robert Manne, John 'Fuzface' McMahon · Music Will Bates

“The truth has consequences.”

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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.

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This documentary feels like a deep dive into a shadowy world of state secrets and digital leaks. It's a tense, urgent examination of truth, power, and the individuals caught in the crossfire of global information warfare.

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