Julian Assange

Documentary-maker John Pilger has returned to a subject that can't be revived often enough: the grotesque untruth of "weapons of mass destruction": a cloudy concept, eagerly amplified and lent credibility by credulous and submissive journalists who, after 9/11, lost their nerve en masse.

A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.

In May 2010 US army analyst Private Manning was arrested in Iraq on suspicion of having passed state secrets to the online publisher WikiLeaks. Manning was accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic and military documents. Shortly thereafter a small group of journalists made their way through Central Asia interviewing editors. Their real goal: to find local media outlets to publish the secret US diplomatic cables. (imdb)

Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes a journey through the darker corridors of the US media, where global conglomerates call the shots. For decades, their overwhelming influence has distorted news journalism and compromised its values. (shadowsofliberty.org)

Reporters Jesper Huor and Bosse Lindquist have traveled to key countries where WikiLeaks operates, interviewing top members, such as Assange, new Spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson, as well as people like Daniel Domscheit-Berg who now is starting his own version - Openleaks.org! Where is the secretive organization heading? Stronger than ever, or broken by the US? Who is Assange: champion of freedom, spy or rapist? What are his objectives? What are the consequences for the Internet? (topdocumentaryfilms.com)

Known to film makers in the industry as "The Guardian Documentary": (wikileaks.org)

Scott Noble's film Rise Like Lions takes the people, actions, and words from the camps and streets of Occupy Wall Street and provides a radical, compelling and inspiring account of what the movement is about. (Ron Jacobs, Journalist, Author The Co-Conspirator's Tale)

James Cromwell presents a feature documentary on the War on terror's impact on civil liberties and the strange coalition it may create between the progressive left and libertarian right on these issues. (imdb)

The story of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relatively uncovered in the mainstream media and not on the radar of many average Americans, it is a subject that has gotten far more attention in recent years.

Interviews with young anarchists using new technologies to further their anti-authoritarian aims, including Cody Wilson, who created blueprints for a working firearm that can be downloaded and manufactured on a 3D printer, and Amir Taaki, a Bitcoin advocate who seeks to make online spending even more untraceable in the clandestine Darkwallet marketplace. (Rotten Tomatoes)

"Whether cybercriminals, online giants or intelligence services - they all prey on users' personal data. Because control over this information is an important instrument of power in the 21st century. The documentary uses concrete case studies to present possible solutions for protecting privacy on the Internet." (imdb)