In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
Citizenfour (2014) is a documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, released on October 10, 2014 with a runtime of 1h 53m. It stars Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and William Binney. Viewers rate it 7.7 out of 10 across 1,442 ratings.
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Edward Snowden
as Self
Glenn Greenwald
as Self
Laura Poitras
as Self
William Binney
as Self
Barack Obama
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Jacob Appelbaum
as Self
Julian Assange
as Self
Jeremy Scahill
as Self
Kevin Bankston
as Self
Ewen MacAskill
as Self
Lindsay Mills
as Self
Directed by Laura Poitras, written by Laura Poitras, produced by Mathilde Bonnefoy, Laura Poitras and Dirk Wilutzky.
Average viewer score of 7.7/10 from 1,442 ratings.
The documentary is good and the story telling is easy to follow but I felt that it was too artificially turned into a spying movie ... even when it is the closest to a real spying movie, but it doesn't have to recall fiction. In any case, I think the positive reviews and the importance of the documentary is much more because of what Snowden had to say and tell us about US' NSA, not that much about the documentary…
Reviewed on April 16, 2015
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The main cast of Citizenfour (2014) includes Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, William Binney and Barack Obama. The film was directed by Laura Poitras. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Citizenfour was released on October 10, 2014 and runs for 1h 53m.
Citizenfour (2014) holds an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 from 1,442 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy documentary films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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