"Jam-packed with gripping never before seen footage (much of it captured by Ecuadorian embassy CCTV) and an eclectic roster of interviewees (from Edward Snowden to Pamela Anderson), the film offers a sort of vertigo-inducing alternative history of the WikiLeaks founder and his tabloid-sensationalized troubles; and in doing so asks us to reconsider the media narrative that's long been built by unseen hands around him."
"Filmmaker: So how did this film originate and how long were you working on it? I know you interviewed Assange over a decade ago while he was still in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Jarecki: We started making the film five years ago. That's when we came into possession of absolutely shattering evidence of crimes committed by US officials against Mr. Assange in its efforts to stop the WikiLeaks founder and his organization from continuing to publish embarrassing revelations about America, including evidence of US war crimes."
The Six Billion Dollar Man reconstructs Julian Assange's story using never-before-seen Ecuadorian embassy CCTV and interviews with figures ranging from Edward Snowden to Pamela Anderson. The film frames an alternative history that questions tabloid portrayals and suggests covert manipulation of media narratives by unseen forces. The director claims possession of shattering evidence that US officials committed crimes to stop WikiLeaks from publishing embarrassing revelations, including evidence of US war crimes. The film premiered at Cannes, won the L'Œil d'or and the Golden Globe for Documentary, and seeks to expose the US government as an unaccountable, consequential protagonist.
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