Laura Poitras canceled Monday and Tuesday press screenings of her long-awaited Julian Assange documentary, “Risk,” after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday that the Justice Department views Assange’s arrest as a “priority.” Poitras now plans to update her doc with the new development over the weekend, and have it ready in time for a press screening Wednesday night in New York.An April 24 screening was canceled in order to update the Julian Assange documentary after remarks by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions….
