Citizenfour

Resource Information

The work Citizenfour represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Citizenfour

Statement of responsibility

RADiUS presents, in association with Participant Media, in association with HBO Documentary Films, in co-production with Bertha Foundation, BRITDOC Circle, Channel 4, in co-production with Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR, Bayerischer Rundfunk BR ; a film by Laura Poitras ; directed, filmed, and produced by Laura Poitras ; produced by Mathilde Bonnefoy ; produced by Dirk Wilutzky ; a Praxis Films production

Title variation

• Citizen4
• Citizen four
• Citizen 4

Contributor

• Wilutzky, Dirk,
• Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,
• BRITDOC Foundation,
• Bayerischer Rundfunk,
• Bertha Foundation,
• Channel Four (Great Britain),
• HBO Documentary Films,
• Norddeutscher Rundfunk,
• Participant Media,
• Praxis Films,
• RADiUS TWC (Firm),
• Appelbaum, Jacob, 1983-
• Binney, William, 1943-
• Bonnefoy, Mathilde,
• Greenwald, Glenn,
• MacAskill, Ewen, 1951-
• Paglen, Trevor,
• Poitras, Laura,
• Scahill, Jeremy,
• Scoggin, Katy,
• Snowden, Edward J., 1983-

Director of photography

• Scoggin, Katy,
• Poitras, Laura,
• Paglen, Trevor,

Editor of moving image work

• Bonnefoy, Mathilde,

Film director

• Poitras, Laura,

Film producer

• Bonnefoy, Mathilde,
• Poitras, Laura,
• Wilutzky, Dirk,

Presenter

• RADiUS TWC (Firm),

Production company

• Praxis Films,
• Channel Four (Great Britain),
• Bertha Foundation,
• Bayerischer Rundfunk,
• BRITDOC Foundation,
• Participant Media,
• Norddeutscher Rundfunk,
• HBO Documentary Films,

Publisher

• Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,

Subject

• Whistle blowing
• Whistle blowing -- United States
• Computer crimes -- United States
• Documentary films
• Documentary films
• Espionage -- United States
• Feature films
• Leaks (Disclosure of information)
• Leaks (Disclosure of information) -- United States
• Nonfiction films
• Nonfiction films
• Political films
• Snowden, Edward J, 1983-
• Snowden, Edward J, 1983-
• United States
• United States, National Security Agency
• Computer crimes
• United States, National Security Agency
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videorecording
• Domestic intelligence
• Domestic intelligence -- United States
• Electronic surveillance
• Electronic surveillance -- United States
• Espionage
• Feature films

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary films
• Feature films
• Nonfiction films
• Political films

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Follows director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald's encounters with whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a hotel room in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA)--Adapted from container

Awards note

Academy Awards, 2014 : Best documentary feature

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Laura Poitras, Katy Scoggin, Trevor Paglen ; editing, Mathilde Bonnefoy

Language note

In English (Dolby digital 5.1), with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

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PerformerNote

Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum, Ewen MacAskill, Jeremy Scahill

Runtime

113

Technique

live action