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Cannes Plays Host to Political Fireball with Julian Assange Doc The Six Billion Dollar Man
- Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, attended the May 20, 2025 Cannes Film Festival premiere of the documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man in France.
- The film traces Assange's decade-long legal battles, including his 2010 WikiLeaks releases and his June 2024 exoneration after the U.S. Dropped 17 of 18 charges against him.
- Directed by Eugene Jarecki, the documentary uses archival footage and interviews to explore the political and legal efforts to prosecute Assange and their implications for free speech.
- Jarecki estimates U.S. Government spending on prosecuting Assange exceeded $6 billion, calling him “a canary in the coal mine” illustrating media suppression and government overreach.
- Assange's public appearance at Cannes signals his recovery from imprisonment and hints at renewed political engagement amid concerns over global declines in press freedom.
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The New Arab
Canberra CityNewsAssange open to political action as Cannes hosts documentary
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is at the Cannes Film Festival this week for the documentary "The Six Billion Dollar Man," is thinking about how to become politically active again once he has fully recovered from prison, said his wife, Stella. Assange, 53, returned to his native Australia after pleading guilty last June under an agreement with U.S. officials to one count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security materials. Th…
The Straits Times
Japan TodayJulian Assange open to political action as Cannes hosts documentary
CANNES, France - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is at the Cannes Film Festival this week for the documentary \"The Six Billion Dollar Man,\" is thinking about how to become politically active again once he has fully recovered from prison, said his wife, Stella. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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