When they began making The Six Billion Dollar Man , a provocative documentary re-examining the political legacy of and legal battles faced by Julian Assange , director Eugene Jarecki and producer Kathleen Fournier ( The House I Live In ) held differing perspectives on their subject. Jarecki felt he’d “betrayed” the polarizing WikiLeaks founder, fading from his initial admiration of the man for speaking truth to power, while Fournier was less enamored. Like many, she had given credence to allegations against Assange of sexual assault and 2016 election tampering, both of which he’s denied. Therefore, making their film was “this whole journey of unpacking and really understanding the mythology that went into this entire saga,” Fournier said before a packed house at a THR Frontrunn

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