CANNES, France --- After earning an Oscar for her coverage of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, filmmaker Laura Poitras is back with a documentary on Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. “Risk” made waves when it premiered on May 19 at the Cannes Film Festival, a festival known for building buzz around important upcoming movies. Even
New Documentary ‘Risk’ Renews Attention To ‘Political Prisoner’ Julian Assange
The Oscar-winning filmmaker also revealed that she is under investigation by the U.S. government as an ‘anti-U.S.’ filmmaker.