Citizenfour

Name: Citizenfour
Cast: Edward Snowden

Theatrical - Limited 2014-10-24

Cast Edward Snowden
Directed by Laura Potras

Genres: Documentary

JoBlo's Rating

9/10

Synopsis

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... See more 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

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