In January 2013, film-maker Laura Poitras received an encrypted e-mail from a stranger who called himself Citizen Four. In it, he offered her inside information about illegal wiretapping practices of ...

An unexpected, last-minute entry into last fall’s festival circuit, Laura Poitras’ documentary ended up landing on a hefty number of critics’ year-end best-of lists and won the Academy Award for ...

After absorbing the great performances but ultimately unsatisfying payoff of “Birdman,” and the underappreciated triumph of “Still Alice,” it was time to assess the documentary feature winner, ...

She profiled William Binney, among the first to publically oppose NSA spying on Americans By Chris O'Falt Citizenfour Still - H 2014 In December 2012, a month before reaching out to Poitras, Snowden ...

Laura Poitras’ 2006 film about life for Iraqis during the Iraq War got her an Academy Award nomination for best documentary — and it also got her a place on a US government watch list. She was marked ...

Edward Snowden laughed at the gibe directed at him during the Academy Awards while the director of “CitizenFour,” the now Oscar-winning documentary about him, took exception. As the filmmakers behind ...

When journalist Laura Poitras is contacted anonymously via email, she has no inkling of an earth-shattering revelation. The person calling himself Citizenfour turns out, at a meeting in Hong Kong, to ...

A freedom fighter against Big Brother or a traitor to the United States, Edward Snowden became a vilified and celebrated figure after his security leaking exploits in 2013. The 2014 Academy ...

One of 2014’s most essential films in now available to stream for free in full. After picking up the Best Documentary Oscar last month, Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour, which captures the immediate ...

Can you remember the last time a documentary actually took your breath away? I can. It happened on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, in a theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The film ...

"My country is on the wrong side of history," says director Laura Poitras as she accepts the German Film Award for best documentary Friday night in Berlin. By Scott Roxborough Laura Poitras - H 2014 ...