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.
Direction
Poitras was already on a watchlist — she filmed from INSIDE the storm.
Editing
Tension built like fiction; every encrypted message feels like a bomb.
Cinematography
Hotel rooms never looked so claustrophobic or historically significant.
Director
Laura Poitras
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