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00:00 Can we talk about your contact with Julian through his childhood?
00:04 It's part of the story.
00:05 It isn't part of the story.
00:07 The story is that, you know, I'm attempting in my own modest way to get Julian out of the ship.
00:17 Julian Assange is the hero of our time.
00:22 He was the darling of the left.
00:23 All of a sudden he's a puppet of Russia.
00:25 My name is John Shipton. I'm Julian Assange's father.
00:28 WikiLeaks found that Julian Assange has been arrested.
00:33 One of the most notorious and controversial figures in custody.
00:36 Assange will remain behind bars until that extradition hearing,
00:42 which has been set down for the end of February.
00:44 I urge the Department of Justice to drop the charges.
00:50 The maximum jail sentence of 175 years.
00:54 Because he published the truth.
00:57 How does it feel to be the father of such a controversial figure,
01:01 somebody who's not known around the world?
01:02 Was that him on the phone before?
01:07 Yeah.
01:07 What are you talking about on a kind of regular basis?
01:12 If Julian is extradited to the United States to face these charges,
01:19 he will be the first, but not the last.
01:22 What are your worst fears?
01:25 That he just collapses under the strain.
01:27 It looks as though what journalists do for a living is seen to be a criminal act.
01:32 Well, you know, Shipton, keep it up, man.
01:34 Thank you.
01:34 I wish I had your energy. I really do.
01:36 I've done it. I've done it. I've done it.
01:39 I mean, I'm fucking worn out.
01:40 Why do you think there's not a great public love and support?
01:46 This is really a truly a good question.
01:49 What's at stake? If he goes down, so will journalism.
01:55 But if people walked away from this film understanding you, how would you feel about that?
02:00 We're here and this has only come about because we have a child in the ship.
02:06 We want to get him out.
02:14 We want to get him out.
02:23 [BLANK_AUDIO]