Backstage producer Mathilde Bonnefoy said “We focused on the person Snowden. We tried with our film to show him, to give him a voice. His motives were pure. He’s a young man who decided to end his ...

The controversial documentary, taking direct aim at the Obama administration, opened to record numbers in select markets By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Angel Studios Goes Public: Will ...

Laura Poitras will receive the Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence at the Visionaries Tribute on Nov. 14 By Tatiana Siegel Laura Poitras - P 2013 DOC NYC, America’s largest ...

This piece first appeared in The Advocate--the law school's student-run newspaper. When The Guardian first leaked the story about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs, I was sitting in ...

“Citizenfour,” Laura Poitras’ documentary about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, won four awards at the Cinema Eye Honors in New York City on Wednesday, reinforcing its position as the dominant ...

After absorbing the great performances but ultimately unsatisfying payoff of “Birdman,” and the underappreciated triumph of “Still Alice,” it was time to assess the documentary feature winner, ...

“Citizenfour” director-producer Laura Poitras is teaming with AJ Schnack and Charlotte Cook to launch Field of Vision, a documentary unit that will commission and create 40 to 50 episodic and ...

Can you remember the last time a documentary actually took your breath away? I can. It happened on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, in a theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The film ...

Filmmaker Laura Poitras captured the moment former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source behind a massive document leak of classified surveillance in 2013. Two years later, ...

Factual filmmaking is a powerful tool for exploring truths, sparking dialogue, and documenting moments that shape societies.

Edward Snowden laughed at the gibe directed at him during the Academy Awards while the director of “CitizenFour,” the now Oscar-winning documentary about him, took exception. As the filmmakers behind ...

An unexpected, last-minute entry into last fall’s festival circuit, Laura Poitras’ documentary ended up landing on a hefty number of critics’ year-end best-of lists and won the Academy Award for ...