We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. (R, 130 min.)
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This is the story of Julian Assange's WikiLeaks, the controversial website that facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. Paralleling Assange's story with that of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the troubled young soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, this multi-layered exposé is about transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth. [Universal]
Director: Alex Gibney
Genre: Documentary
"Engaging, kinetic, revelatory and unexpected."
— John Anderson, Newsday
"The results are far more exciting than most Hollywood espionage thrillers."
— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
"We Steal Secrets is a vital document of a pivotal moment in world history that we’re still experiencing as we speak."
— Gabe Toro, The Playlist
"The vastly divergent paths of Assange and Manning make up the most fascinating aspects of this relentlessly compelling film."
— Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
"A real-life cyber-thriller with real-life consequences, Alex Gibney's We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a riveting and revelatory documentary."
— Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Who decides what stays secret? This brilliant documentary explores that question, itself a meta-narrative as the documentarian exposes the secrets of the secret-sharers."
— Nell Minow, Movie Mom
"A sprawling, ambitious, major work -- a gripping exploration of power, personality, technology and the crushing weight that can come to bear on those who find themselves in its combined path."
— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
"Make no mistake, 'We Steal Secrets' is a sprawling, ambitious, major work — a gripping exploration of power, personality, technology and the crushing weight that can come to bear on those who find themselves in its combined path."
— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
"Unfolding like an espionage thriller but with a methodical journalistic skill at organizing a mountain of facts, the film raises stimulating questions about transparency and freedom of information in a world in which governments and corporations have plenty to hide."
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
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