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Citizenfour

 

Writers Guild Theater, Los Angeles CA


About the Screening

Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky
114 min

In 2013, computer analyst Edward Snowden leaked classified documents he had obtained from the National Security Agency detailing the extent of government surveillance of U.S. citizens. After going into hiding to avoid extradition and arrest, Snowden himself became a news story that threatened to eclipse the implications of the information he had revealed. Q&A to follow the screening with subject Glenn Greenwald, moderated by IDA Board President Marjan Safinia.