Dir: Alex Gibney
2013
****
What Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks team did in their short time was astounding. It was a revolution. The consequence was Global, even if half the Globe don't realise it. I knew a lot about WikiLeaks but Alex Gibney's documentary certainly filled in the blanks and then some. It's clear that Julian Assange isn't what he first appears to be. It takes a certain someone to do something great (and I do think what they did was great), it's just sometimes that same sort of person can then go on to become something else unintentional. He must have been under serious pressure and I don't think his paranoia is totally without justification but in the end WikiLeaks didn't need a poster boy. It's sad that more people protested for Assange's release then for Bradley Manning's. Alex Gibney talks to those who were fighting the good fight along side Assange and give the documentary the important authentication it needs to be believed. Believe in the idea but not necessarily the man in charge - where have we heard that before. Viewers should remember the cause and who is on the other side of it though, there are still good people doing the right thing out there and this revolutionary idea is far from over. It's quite sad really but always balanced, engaging and informative. Like a good documentary should be.
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