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CITIZENFOUR
DISTR DVD-video, VOD, FRANCE
Release date : Sep 01, 2015
 
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Completed - ENGLISH, BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE, GERMAN - Documentary - 114 minutes

Log Line

Follows director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald as they encounter Edward Snowden in Hing-King where he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Laura POITRAS

Synopsis

ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).
Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name “CITIZENFOUR,” in January 2013.  He reached out to her because he knew she had long been a target of government surveillance, stopped at airports numerous times, and had refused to be intimidated. When Snowden revealed he was a high-level analyst driven to expose the massive surveillance of Americans by the NSA, Poitras persuaded him to let her film.
CITIZENFOUR places you in the room with Poitras, Greenwald, and Snowden as they attempt to manage the media storm raging outside, forced to make quick decisions that will impact their lives and all of those around them.
CITIZENFOUR not only shows you the dangers of governmental surveillance—it makes you feel them. After seeing the film, you will never think the same way about your phone, email, credit card, web browser, or profile, ever again.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY, USA

AUSTRALIA MADMAN ENTERTAI
BELGIUM Apr 17, 2015 DALTON DISTRIBU
FINLAND Mar 20, 2015 CINEMA MONDO
FRANCE Sep 01, 2015 UNIVERSCINÉ
FRANCE Mar 04, 2015 HAUT ET COURT D
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
ICELAND HEIMILI KVIKMYN
ITALY Apr 16, 2015 I WONDER PICTUR
JAPAN GAGA CORPORATIO
NETHERLAND May 28, 2015 CINEMA DELICATE
NETHERLAND May 28, 2015 CINEMA DELICATE
PORTUGAL LEOPARDO FILMES
RUSSIA Jul 09, 2015 24 DOC
SLOVENIA Jan 01, 2015 DEMIURG - CVETK
SPAIN Mar 27, 2015 AVALON
SWITZERLAN Feb 19, 2015 FIRST HAND FILM
TAIWAN Apr 17, 2015 SWALLOW WINGS F
TURKEY FABULA FILMS
UNITED KIN Oct 17, 2014 DOGWOOF
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI
UNITED KIN CURZON FILM WOR


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Festivals and Awards

New York FF 2014
Berlinale - EFM 2015


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