Showing posts with label Controversy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Controversy. Show all posts

Aug 2, 2019

Risk (2017)


Risk (2017) | 1h 31m | Laura Poitras

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Julian Assange, an Australian investigative journalist, editor, publisher and founded Wikileaks at 2006. A controversial person who published several classified documents especially from Chelsea Manning whistle blower and former American military person who leaked several classified documents to Wikileaks at 2010.  To avoid political persecution from america he seeks asylum in the Ecuador embassy in London.   He stayed in their for almost seven years. 

Director Laura Poitras received the unprecedented access to Juline Assange for several years to direct a documentary called "Risk". At first it was titled as "Asylum" and focus on several thinks but later the film was re-cut due to the controversial comments made by the Julian Assange so later she named the documentary as "Risk" and focused on Assange's response towards the allegation on him.  



Jul 28, 2019

The Great Hack (2019)


The Great Hack (2019) |  2h 19m | Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer

This documentary explore the American Presidential election 2016 and how a British political analyst data mining company "Cambridge Analytica"  involved in Scandal with help of Facebook. The whistle blowers Ms.Brittany Kaiser and Christopher Wylie former employee of this company who come forward and expose Mr. Alexander Nix, CEO, Cambridge Analytica did involved and directed his employee to steal or misuse the 87 million face book users data illegal to promote the Donald J. Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election. The whole issues was uncovered by journalist Carole Cadwalladr. 

Documentary expose the world powerful Presidents of United States are doing political business rather than public service.