Filmed over two years across the UK, Europe and the US, ITHAKA follows the tireless campaign of 76 year-old retired builder, John Shipton, to save his son, Julian Assange.

One of the world's most famous political prisoners, WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has become the scapegoat for an international struggle pitting freedom of the press against government secrecy, corruption and unpunished war crimes.

Now with Julian facing a 175-year sentence if extradited to the US, his family members are confronting the prospect of losing Julian forever to the abyss of the US justice system. This David-and-Goliath struggle is personal—and, with Julian's health declining in a British maximum-security prison and American government prosecutors attempting to extradite him to face trial in the US, the clock is ticking.

Now it's up to Julian's father, John Shipton, and wife Stella Moris, to join forces to advocate for Julian on this international odyssey. As they rally a world-wide network of supporters and politicians, they cautiously step into the media's glare—and are forced to confront the events that made Julian a global flashpoint.

ITHAKA provides a timely insight into the personal toll inflicted by the arduous, often lonely task of fighting for a cause bigger than oneself.

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Reviews
"For over a decade, state-sponsored media campaigns have forced the abstraction and criminalization of Julian Assange. In a refreshing rebuke of these campaigns, Ithaka chronicles the stories of Assange's family members and supporters as it weaves an impassioned narrative fabric that illuminates how the obstruction of truth, civil liberties, and democracy is more than an attack on principles; it is a torturous assault on individual people and their families. While a harrowing reminder of the relentless erasure of democracy by institutions of authoritarian power, the creative genius behind Ithaka rests in its ability to humanize Julian Assange without direct access to him, thus revealing the power of unwavering hope in a family's quest for truth and justice."