The rise and fall of WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange told in the documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" reveals a problematic few years.
With a mixture of archived and new interviews the documentary takes viewers on a trip through the life of both Assange, WikiLeaks and contributors to the site.
From the start WikiLeaks was established to provide public information to the public. They would uncover secrets the world needed to know the truth about.
Assange started as nothing more than a hacker who was trying to do good in the world. As time carried on it seemed that the self-righteous behavior propelled him into the public eye. His popularity increased and corrupted his manner of thinking as the people who tried and keep him on the right path kept pointing out throughout the documentary.
To increase his presence in the digital world Assange reached out to hackers around the world. One such hacker is Bradley Manning who became the most controversial WikiLeak contributor.
Manning would join the military and eventually gain access to monumental amounts of classified information. The information would become the biggest leak in history.
Manning's story is told through graphics since he was eventually arrested and detained for all the confidential information he leaked.
After Assange helps publish the documents trouble starts to brew with accusations of sexual abuse and molestation being brought against Assange by two Swedish women.
The accusations would lead Assange into the refuge of the Ecuadorian Embassy in the United Kingdom.
With much controversy and trouble coming from unveiling "the truth" WikiLeaks, it's creator and its contributors have gone through rocky times and continue to struggle.
I rate this documentary 3 out of 5 Popcorns. The story is depicted in an entertaining manner and is easy to follow. The information is well structured and is conveyed in a manner that is easily understood. The problem with the documentary is that it argues both sides of the story to the point where the message behind the documentary is blurred and eventually lost.
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" in select theaters now.
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