Cast
Edward Snowden Glenn Greenwald 
Laura Poitras
Credits
Written by: Laura Poitras
Plot
In 2013, the filmmaker Laura Poitras and the journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ewan MacAskill meet the NSA contractor Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room, where he reveals the extent of mass surveillance by US intelligence. Poitras's 2014 documentary records the conversations as they happen and the fallout, and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Sinekatalog’s take
Laura Poitras's documentary captures Edward Snowden's meetings with journalists in a Hong Kong hotel room as the NSA story breaks. Tense and intimate, it feels like a thriller with real stakes.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (60,437 votes)
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