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BRETT GREGORY speaks to Australian director Kym Staton about his new film about Julian Assange, released in Britain tomorrow
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The release of this film in Britain and Australia comes in the wake of Assange’s final appeal at the Supreme Court on February 20-21, amid cacophonous coverage from the international media.
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