Citizenfour
Documentarybiographynational security agency (nsa)woman directorinvestigative journalismwhistleblowersurveillance stateobservational documentarymass surveillancefbi surveillance
An urgent, intellectually rigorous documentary that captures the real-time unfolding of a historic whistleblowing operation, suffused with surveillance anxiety and the weight of exposing systemic state overreach.
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
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