Release Date
October 24, 2014 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
August 25, 2015 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Laura Poitras
Writer
NA
Cast
Edward Snowden
Studio
Running Time
114 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language
What is Citizenfour about?
In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was several years into the making of a film about abuses of national security in post-9/11 America 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 NSA and other intelligence agencies. In June 2013, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
It's scary that my reaction to Citizenfour is only one of mild anger, and even "anger" is too strong of word.
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