A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director:
Laura Poitras
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| Edward Snowden | ... | Himself | |
| Glenn Greenwald | ... | Himself | |
| William Binney | ... | Himself | |
| Jacob Appelbaum | ... | Himself | |
| Ewen MacAskill | ... | Himself | |
| Jeremy Scahill | ... | Himself | |
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M. Margaret McKeown | ... | Herself - Judge |
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Kevin Bankston | ... | Himself, attorney representing Carolyn Jewel |
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Harry Pregerson | ... | Himself - Judge |
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H. Thomas Byron | ... | Himself - Government Representative |
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Michael Daly Hawkins | ... | Himself - Judge |
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Jonathan Man | ... | Himself - Human Rights Lawyer |
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Robert Tibbo | ... | Himself - Human Rights Lawyer (voice) |
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José Casado | ... | Himself |
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Roberto Kaz | ... | Himself (as Robert Kaz) |
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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 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. Written by Anonymous
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Release Date:
28 November 2014 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$126,321, 26 October 2014Gross USA:
$2,800,870Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$3,003,169Company Credits
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Performed by Nine Inch Nails
Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Courtesy of The Null Corporation
Engineered by Chris Holmes
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The name of the movie comes from the fact that on the year 2013, director Laura Poitras received an encrypted e-mail from a stranger who calls himself "Citizenfour", who was Snowden, offering her inside information about illegal wiretapping practices of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence agencies. See more »Goofs
One of the last title cards reads: "Edward Snowden's longtime partner, Lindsay Mills moves to Moscow to be with him", Snowden has stated in many interviews that Lindsay is his girlfriend not life partner. See more »Quotes
TITLE CARD]: The NSA has built the world's largest repository for intercepted communications in Bluffdale Utah. I started filming the site in 2011 when construction began.See more »
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02 Ghosts IPerformed by Nine Inch Nails
Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
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This documentary has it all. The narrative is compelling, but honest to the reality it portrays. The work on the documentary began before the Snowden files started leaking, and it gives you an unprecedented look into how it all came about. It gives you an understanding of who Edward Snowden is and why he did what he did. He was not just some guy who stumbled over something he realized that someone else might find useful. He knew exactly what he had, and what to do about it.
And not only this: The documentary manages to convey the significance of the leak. What power the information held, and just how bad the NSA is.
The only negative thing I can say about it is that it opens a bit slow, and the technical aspects of it might scare of some viewers.
It's amazing that this is the world we live in. Snowden is a hero.