Citizenfour (2014)

Citizenfour (2014)
After Laura Poitras received encrypted emails from someone with information on the government's massive covert-surveillance programs, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong to meet the sender, who turned out to be Edward Snowden.
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Release Date: October 24th, 2014

DVD Release Date: August 25th, 2015

R |1 hr 54 min

Plot Summary

After Laura Poitras received encrypted emails from someone with information on the government's massive covert-surveillance programs, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong to meet the sender, who turned out to be Edward Snowden.

Cast: Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Jacob Appelbaum, William Binney, Ewen MacAskill, Jeremy Scahill, Kevin Bankston

Director: Laura Poitras

Genres: Documentary

Production Co: Participant Media, HBO Documentary Films

Keywords: Office, Sacrifice, Fascinating, Escape, 2010s, Brooding, Hotel, Emotional

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Ratings & Reviews

90
Todd McCarthyThe Hollywood Reporter
No matter one's personal stance about what Snowden did, this revelatory work is fascinating and thought-provoking, if, at the same time, oddly lacking in tension; unlike the provocations of Michael Moore or Oliver Stone, the temperature of this film is very cool. show more
90
Alonso DuraldeTheWrap
Citizenfour finds its strength in both the story and the telling: The information about government spying is chilling, of course, but the movie also gives us the opportunity to get to know the elusive Snowden. show more
100
John AndersonWall Street Journal
There are not a lot of moments in documentary cinema that equal Citizenfour. Ms. Poitras was already at work on a film about government surveillance when Mr. Snowden presented himself, and she’s something of a lightning rod, too, one with little evident sympathy for Obama administration data mining. show more