Citizenfour

(2014)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 1,443 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2014

Runtime: 114 мин

Country: Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Лора Пойтрас

Cast: Эдвард Сноуден, Glenn Greenwald, Лора Пойтрас, Уильям Бинни, Барак Обама, Jacob Appelbaum, Джулиан Ассанж, Jeremy Scahill, Kevin Bankston, Ewen MacAskill

Plot

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.

In January 2013, Laura Poitras started receiving anonymous encrypted e-mails from "CITIZENFOUR," who claimed to have evidence of illegal covert surveillance programs run by the NSA in collaboration with other intelligence agencies worldwide. Five months later, she and reporters Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with the man who turned out to be Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her. The resulting film is history unfolding before our eyes.