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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Ithaka follows the battle against the British establishment to save WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange faces a 175-year prison sentence in the US for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defence such as the 2010 video of the US military intentionally killing twelve civilians in Baghdad, Iraq.

Directed by Ben Lawrence.

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