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Award Winning Julian Assange Film Set For Ventnor Screening

An award-winning film is coming to the Isle of Wight as part of an extensive UK tour.

Ithaka follows the plight of the world’s most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

The 51-year-old Australian editor, publisher, and activist has become an emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption, and unpunished war crimes.


Now with Julian facing a 175-year sentence if extradited to the US, his family members are confronting the prospect of losing him forever to the abyss of the US justice system.

Meanwhile his health continues to decline as he is detained within a British maximum-security prison.

Now it’s up to Julian’s father, John Shipton, and fiancé Stella Moris, to join forces to advocate for Julian on this international odyssey.

As they rally a world-wide network of supporters and politicians, they cautiously step into the media’s glare – and are forced to confront the events that made Julian a global flashpoint.

The Ithaka movie will be showing at Ventnor Arts Club from 7.30pm on Monday October 24, with tickets available to purchase on the Eventbrite website.

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