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To some, Julian Assange is a hero of free speech; to others a traitor and a terrorist.

Whatever your perspective, the Australian journalist, publisher and activist is now persona non grata, holed up inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London for nearly a year.

While he lives in a state of diplomatic asylum, a film has been made about his infamous leaking of political secrets: We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.

The film opens on 4 July but UWAnews has 20 tickets to give away to a preview this Saturday, courtesy of NBC Universal.

In We Steal Secrets , Assange's rise and fall is paralleled with that of Private Bradley Manning, the brilliant troubled young soldier who downloaded hundreds of thousands of documents from classified US military and diplomatic servers, revealing the confidential workings of the government's international diplomacy and military strategy.

In seeking to expose abuse in the corridors of power, Assange and Manning were undermined by forces within and without, as well as their own human failings.

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks is described as a riveting multi-layered tale about transparency in the information age, and our ever-elusive search for the truth.

Watch a trailer of the film here .

If you like it, email Lindy Brophy for tickets.   Be quick - only 20 tickets are available for the Perth preview this Saturday 1 June at 10.45am at Luna Leederville.