Citizenfour
2014 · Movie · R · 113 min · ★ 7.7 · 92% critics
In June 2013, a filmmaker and a reporter traveled to Hong Kong for meetings with a whistle-blower, after receiving information about alleged illegal surveillance practices. The story unfolds as they gather details, discuss what to reveal, and deal with the tense real-time pressure surrounding the leak.
Also known as Citizen four · Citizenfour - L'histoire d'Edward Snowden
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-10-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (1,413 votes)
- Box office
- $3,003,169
About
You’ll likely like Citizenfour if you enjoy urgent, real-world investigative reporting about surveillance and privacy, with suspense built from events as they unfold; Not for you if you need a more visually driven, fast-paced documentary like One Day in September or Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.
Pros: eye-opening journalism; gripping real-time tension; important subject | Cons: slow first half; heavy on talk/technical; sometimes boring pacing
Themes
- biography
- national security agency (nsa)
- woman director
- investigative journalism
- whistleblower
- surveillance state
- observational documentary
- mass surveillance
- fbi surveillance
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2015
- Critics' Choice Awards
- Grierson Awards
- Satellite Awards
Cast & crew
Edward Snowden
as Self
Glenn Greenwald
as Self
Laura Poitras
as Self
- WB
William Binney
as Self
Barack Obama
as Self
- JA
Jacob Appelbaum
as Self
Julian Assange
as Self
Jeremy Scahill
as Self
Kevin Bankston
as Self
Ewen MacAskill
as Self
Directed by Laura Poitras