Echo Chamber - 305 (The Trust Fall: Julian Assange)
We have a 'Special Edition' of @EchoChamberFP for you today!!!
Truth seeking is this episode's goal, and thanks to Films For Change, Journeyman Pictures & ARPR we got to explore the story of Julian Assange through a new documentary. People finally get to see an unvarnished look at the facts of what happened with WikiLeaks and Assange, which is eye opening! THEN, we have a brief chat with the writer, director of the piece. Who put together a highly engaging exposé, so much so, not even the flu could act as a distraction (though, definitely not on top form)!!!
'The Trust Fall: Julian Assange' is written & directed by Kym Staton. Despite being detained, silenced, and hidden from public view in maximum security Belmarsh Prison, multi-award-winning Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange has become one of the loudest voices for free speech of our times. The disclosures of WikiLeaks from 2010 ignited a firestorm of controversy and a relentless ongoing pursuit by the most powerful state on the planet.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Today we have:
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange - Poster
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
Watch Review: Here.
Cinema Nova Melbourne, World Premiere: 30th July 2023
OZ Theatrical Release Date: 6th March 2024
UK Theatrical Release Date: 15th March 2024
Director: Kym Staton
Cast: Daniel Ellsberg, John Pilger, Tariq Ali, Chris Hedges, Jennifer Robinson, Jill Stein, Stefania Maurizi, Nils Melzer, Stella Assange, John Shipton, Gabriel Shipton, Roger Waters, M.I.A, Tom Morello, Jonathan Oldham
Credit: Films For Change, Journeyman Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 128 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @thetrustfalldoc
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Kym Staton
Kym Staton
Writer, Director
Kym Staton is an award-winning film Director, poet and musician from Australia.
Staton has devoted nine years to the documentary industry. He is Founder and Director of Films For Change, an educational enterprise that has been operating since 2014. Initially Films For Change was a hybrid distributer, bringing live in-person cinema screenings of documentary films to ninety cities of the world, across Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S.A. During the pandemic Films For Change evolved into streaming, with their platform www.filmsforchange.stream launching in May 2020.
In 2021 Staton has put himself finally behind a camera and a pen, and lends his highly trained eye for subject, interpretation and narrative, to Direct his first documentary. An ambitious project, 'The Trust Fall: Julian Assange' includes eight animations and 23 interviews, with Staton Directing, Co-Producing and writing the powerful narration for the film.
This powerful film quickly won various awards and continues to be shown in festivals all around the world as it gears up for the cinema release.
Follow Kym via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Films For Change
Website: Here.
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Instagram: @filmsforchangestream
YouTube: Here.
*(Music)
'Strictly Business (Instrumental)' by EPMD - 2020