Sept 16, 2014: Huffington Post: Laura Poitras's Edward Snowden Documentary Is Being Released
By now, the story of how a team of journalists met Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel has become the stuff of legend, a modern-day update to Bob Woodward and Deep Throat in the parking garage. But the Snowden story has something Woodward's didn't: video footage of the encounter. The video is part of a new documentary called "CITIZENFOUR," by Laura Poitras, one of the journalists who met Snowden on that fateful day in 2013. On Tuesday, the New York Film Festival made a surprise announcement that the film will be a part of its 2014 lineup.
By now, the story of how a team of journalists met Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel has become the stuff of legend, a modern-day update to Bob Woodward and Deep Throat in the parking garage. But the Snowden story has something Woodward's didn't: video footage of the encounter. The video is part of a new documentary called "CITIZENFOUR," by Laura Poitras, one of the journalists who met Snowden on that fateful day in 2013. On Tuesday, the New York Film Festival made a surprise announcement that the film will be a part of its 2014 lineup.
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Aug 6, 2014: PBS: Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras
Filmmakers Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras talk about the making of Flag Wars. "Does it look different," Bryant says, "when two historically oppressed groups try to live together?" Apr 10, 2014: RT: NSA-leak reporters Greenwald, Poitras to return to US for award despite ‘threatening climate
Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, American journalists living abroad who broke the NSA leak stories supplied by classified documents from Edward Snowden, will return to the United States on Friday to accept a Polk Award for their reporting. 
ON THE RECORD: Feb 10, 2014: Tim McCarthy (The Guardian) announces that "Glenn Greenwald's new website launches with fresh NSA revelations." He says "A new website featuring journalist Glenn Greenwald and funded by the billionaire founder of eBay was unveiled early Monday, with two stories about US government surveillance." The Intercept is part of a suite of planned sites to be published by First Look media, founded by eBay chairman Pierre Omidyar. Its editors are Greenwald and fellow journalists Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill. The site reported Monday that the National Security Agency has used cell phone geolocation to help pinpoint targets for US drone strikes overseas, and published previously unseen photographs of major US intelligence facilities." The Intercept will focus on reporting based on documents released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the site’s editors said in an introductory statement. “Our focus in this very initial stage will be overwhelmingly on the NSA story,” the statement said.
CNN: Greenwald's 'Intercept' to go beyond NSA Democracy Now: Defying Threats to Journalism, Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Launch New Venture, The Intercept Poynter: Glenn Greenwald’s The Intercept debuts with NSA stories The Wire: Meet 'The Intercept': Glenn Greenwald's News Site Has Arrived The Wrap: Glenn Greenwald’s The Intercept Launches with More Edward Snowden Leaks (Video) |
