A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Extraordinary.
Citizenfour is a gripping record of how our rulers are addicted to gaining more and more power and control over us – if we let them.
There's 20 minutes of stalling in the second half, but the finale is a killer.
here’s a sense that there’s more to this story than can be told, more than Poitras’ already lengthy and sometimes hard-going 113-minute runtime can reach.
It’s astonishing stuff; full of bizarre revelations and incredible details that even the most paranoid conspiracy theorist would struggle to make up.
A movie of brooding darkness – bravely made and utterly engrossing.
Bold, unblinking filmmaking – no less than a living document of a global scandal straight from the whistleblower. Alarming and essential – anyone with a phone should see it.
A riveting portrait.
Film about Edward Snowden's life premieres in US
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