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‘Risk’ Documentary Director Rethinks Assange
Recounting the story of the WikiLeaks founder raised questions that Laura Poitras, an Oscar-winning documentarian, didn't necessarily intend to raise.
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Watch the Trailer for Laura Poitras’s Julian Assange Documentary ‘Risk’
CITIZENFOUR director Laura Poitras turns her sights to another famous whistleblower with a much more complex past in her new Showtime documentary Risk ....
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Laura Poitras Presents Julian Assange Documentary at Cannes
Never one to shy away from controversy, Laura Poitras’s (Citizenfour) latest documentary focuses on the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who currently remains in...
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‘Laura Poitras: Astro Noise’: The Filmmaker Explores and Engages at Whitney Exhibit
The exhibition expands on her project to document post-Sept. 11 America, engaging visitors in formats outside her nonfiction filmmaking.
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Laura Poitras Challenges the Viewer with First Solo Art Show
Citizenfour director Laura Poitras’ first solo museum exhibit, Astro Noise, reflects on the very topics that have brought her acclaim as a documentary filmmaker:...
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How ‘Citizenfour’ Filmmaker Laura Poitras Turned the Camera on Herself
Citizenfour filmmaker Laura Poitras documents her own harrowing experience as the target of government surveillance in her new multi-media show at the Whitney, Astro...
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The Whitney to Present Laura Poitras’ First Solo Museum Exhibition
The 'Citizenfour' director's immersive installation will focus on post–9/11 America.
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Watch Laura Poitras’ Short Documentary on Ai Wei Wei and ‘The Art of Dissent’
Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) documents activist artist Ai Wei-Wei and Edward Snowden confidant Jacob Applebaum as they collaborate on a new piece called “Panda to...
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‘Citizenfour’ Trio Discuss the Impact of Their Oscar-Nominated Documentary
In a New York Times TimesTalk last week, filmmaker Laura Poitras, journalist Glenn Greenwald and the infamous Edward Snowden reunited (Snowden via satellite) to...
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Editor’s View: Secret History
As someone involved in video production, whether nonfiction or narrative, you should make time to see what I think is the most important film...
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‘Citizenfour’ Director Lauren Poitras Talks Editing in Extreme Secrecy
When you’re creating a documentary about one of the biggest whistleblowers in modern history–and one that’s about surveillance and government spying to boot–you can’t...
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Laura Poitras on ‘Citizenfour’: Fate Intervened in My Documentary
Citizenfour director Laura Poitras was already making a documentary about government surveillance when she was contacted by the ultimate source and subject, Edward Snowden....
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‘Citizenfour’ Will Be ‘Talked About 20 Years From Now’
Ars Technica’s Joe Mullin raves about Laura Poitras’ Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour, writing, “For those who have followed the news around the Snowden documents, even...
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Inside the Encrypted, Secure Post-Production Process of ‘Citizenfour’
When you’re making a documentary as controversial as sensitive as Citizenfour, Laura Poitras’ film about Edward Snowden’s NSA leak, it only makes sense that...
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‘Citizenfour’ Director Laura Poitras on Being Sucked Into Her Documentary’s Narrative
The New Yorker‘s George Packer takes an in-depth look at how Citizenfour director Laura Poitras became front-page news herself when she helped publicize Edward...