The saga of Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and WikiLeaks has attracted documentarians and dramatic filmmakers alike, and The New York Times has taken a look at We Steal Secrets, one of the first treatments. We Steal Secrets, a documentary that will premiere at Sundance next month, faces the difficult task of organizing an ongoing story into a coherent narrative — without glossing over the complexities of subjects like Assange's arrest for alleged sexual assault or the role of Manning, who filmmaker Alex Gibney says We Steal Secrets explores "as a human being far more fully than anyone else has."
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/20/3789186/the-allure-and-challenge-of-making-movies-about-wikileaks
No comments:
Post a Comment