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Citizenfour

2014 · 113 min

A tense, claustrophobic real-time plunge into whistleblowing, where hushed hotel-room conversations carry the weight of global surveillance.

Overview
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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  • survival
  • power
  • corruption
  • isolation
  • freedom
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  • true story
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  • Language mild
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Laura Poitras
Written by
Laura Poitras
Starring
Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, William Binney, Barack Obama, Jacob Appelbaum, Julian Assange, Jeremy Scahill
Music
Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
Cinematography
Trevor Paglen, Katy Scoggin
Runtime
113 min
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English, German, Portuguese

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