Laura Poitras Movies

  • 2014
    Citizenfour

    Citizenfour

    Citizenfour

    7.752014HD

    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...

    Citizenfour
  • 2022
    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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    The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography,...

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  • 2018
    The Panama Papers

    The Panama Papers

    The Panama Papers

    6.62018HD

    A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break...

    The Panama Papers
  • 2017
    Strong Island

    Strong Island

    Strong Island

    6.42017HD

    Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary...

    Strong Island
  • 2017
    Risk

    Risk

    Risk

    6.72017HD

    Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives...

    Risk
  • 2018
    In the Absence

    In the Absence

    In the Absence

    7.82018HD

    When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years...

    In the Absence
  • 2023
    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

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    Lina’s plan was simple. She wanted to become a camerawoman. She liked filming details of life and people around her, mainly during a bright...

    5 Seasons of Revolution
  • 2019
    Shooting the Mafia

    Shooting the Mafia

    Shooting the Mafia

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    Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a...

    Shooting the Mafia
  • 2023
    How to Have an American Baby

    How to Have an American Baby

    How to Have an American Baby

    02023HD

    An intimate and kaleidoscopic voyage behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the U.S.

    How to Have an American Baby
  • 2018
    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    5.92018HD

    Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive...

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  • 2017
    A Night at the Garden

    A Night at the Garden

    A Night at the Garden

    6.32017HD

    Archival footage of an American Nazi rally that attracted 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden in 1939, shortly before the beginning of World War...

    A Night at the Garden
  • 2016
    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    7.72016HD

    Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long...

    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
  • 2019
    Ghosts of Sugar Land

    Ghosts of Sugar Land

    Ghosts of Sugar Land

    5.62019HD

    Shocked when their friend embraces extremism, a group of Muslim Americans in Texas recount their time with him and theories about his fate.

    Ghosts of Sugar Land
  • 2019
    XY Chelsea

    XY Chelsea

    XY Chelsea

    5.92019HD

    The historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Shot over two years and featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes verité with...

    XY Chelsea
  • 2016
    Project X

    Project X

    Project X

    6.32016HD

    A top-secret handbook takes viewers on an undercover journey to Titanpointe, the site of a hidden partnership. Narrated by Rami Malek and Michelle...

    Project X
  • 2017
    Meeting Snowden

    Meeting Snowden

    Meeting Snowden

    72017HD

    Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place....

    Meeting Snowden
  • 2008
    Capturing Reality

    Capturing Reality

    Capturing Reality

    6.12008HD

    From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the...

    Capturing Reality
  • 2021
    Terror Contagion

    Terror Contagion

    Terror Contagion

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    A visual study of the investigation by Forensic Architecture into the Israeli cyberweapons manufacturer NSO Group and the use of its Pegasus malware...

    Terror Contagion
  • 2018
    Our New President

    Our New President

    Our New President

    6.52018HD

    The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of...

    Our New President
  • 2016
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    3.62016HD

    In our current world, where worth is often gauged by online popularity, an economy has developed for paying for followers and likes. Through access...

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