Oct 10, 2014
114 min
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Citizenfour (2014)

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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Documentary

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Germany United Kingdom United States of America

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Praxis Films Participant HBO Documentary Films JustFilms / Ford Foundation The Bertha Foundation RADiUS-TWC

Edward Snowden

Self

Glenn Greenwald

Self

Laura Poitras

Self

William Binney

Self

Barack Obama

Self

Jacob Appelbaum

Self

Julian Assange

Self

Jeremy Scahill

Self

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