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Citizenfour (2014)

Name: Citizenfour
Director: Laura Poitras
Genre: documentary film
Rating: 8

Citizenfour is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras about Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10, 2014, at the New York Film Festival and its UK premiere on October 17, 2014, at the BFI London Film Festival. The film features Snowden and Glenn Greenwald, and was co-produced by Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky, with Steven Soderbergh and others…

Directed by Laura Poitras · Shot by Kirsten Johnson, Laura Poitras · Cut by Mathilde Bonnefoy · Music by Nine Inch Nails

Behind the scenes

"Citizenfour" winning Best Documentary Feature — Oscars · 3 min
Citizenfour HIGHLIGHTS — Film Independent · 3 min
Interview with Laura Poitras Director of Citizenfour Part One — ETV Film Inc. · 10 min
Interview with Laura Poitras Director of Citizenfour Part Two — ETV Film Inc. · 7 min
NYFF52: "CITIZENFOUR" Q&A | Urgency and Timing of the Film — Film at Lincoln Center · 3 min
NYFF52 "CITIZENFOUR" Red Carpet | William Binney — Film at Lincoln Center · 3 min

Elsewhere

More by Laura Poitras

My Country, My Country — 2006
The Oath — 2010
Risk — 2016
Hale County This Morning, This Evening — 2018
The Year of the Everlasting Storm — 2021
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — 2022
Cover-Up — 2025

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