WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accused an acclaimed filmmaker of losing objectivity while making a documentary about the whistleblowing organisation.
Assange, who is holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London, refused to cooperate with Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks”.
“WikiLeaks has never co-operated with Universal or Alex Gibney,” Assange said in an email to The Sydney Morning Herald Monday.
“This US filmmaker has lost objectivity and perspective, probably as a result of WikiLeaks’ decision to not engage with them.”
WikiLeaks said on its website that Gibney’s film about the organisation, due to screen at the Sydney Film Festival this month, contains errors of fact, selective editing and misrepresentations.