Citizenfour
A tense and frightening thriller that blends the brisk globe-trotting of the "Bourne" movies with the spooky...effects of a Japanese horror film.
Citizenfour
In January 2013, Laura Poitras (recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Genius Fellowship and co-recipient of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service) was several years into making a film about surveillance in the post-9/11 era when she started receiving encrypted e-mails from someone identifying himself as "citizen four," who was ready to blow the whistle on the massive covert surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies. In June 2013, she and journalist Glenn Greenwald 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 film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Executive Produced by Steven Soderbergh.
An Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary.
An Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
114
Language
English,
German
Director
Laura Poitras
Cast
Edward Snowden
Awards:
Nominee, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary, Directors Guild of America
Winner, Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
John Anderson, Wall Street Journal
The great documentaries of the last 20 years have had several things in common. Uncanny timing. Uncommon access. Footage that couldn’t be replicated. And a solid narrative arc. Those films, which would include “Crumb,” “Senna,” “Hoop Dreams” and “Man on Wire,” were also directed by people with an ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 10.31.14 - 12.21.14
Town Center 5 11.07.14 - 11.20.14
Claremont 5 12.12.14 - 12.18.14
NoHo 7 12.19.14 - 12.24.14
Royal 12.24.14 - 1.08.15
Lumiere Music Hall 1.09.15 - 3.05.15
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