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Summary
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.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 88Audiences 79GoodWatch 83
Metascore88
IMDb8.0
Letterboxd · 54 K ratings4.0/5
User score7.6
Running time
1 h 53 min
Longer than most documentaries, +17 min on the typical 96
typical 96113Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 15 countries, rent or buy in 8 more
+5Released
2014
October 10, 2014
12 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
GermanPortugueseMade in
- Germany
United Kingdom- United States
Academy Awards2015
- Documentary (Feature)2015Won
- Documentary Feature Film2015Won
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 moreDirecting · 1
- Laura Poitras Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 11
- Steven Soderbergh Executive Producer
- Sheila Nevins Executive Producer
- Diane Weyermann Executive Producer
- Jeff Skoll Executive Producer
- Tom Quinn Executive Producer
- David Menschel Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Trevor Paglen Director of Photography
Sound · 5
- Trent Reznor Original Music Composer
- Atticus Ross Original Music Composer
- Frank Kruse Sound Designer
- Alexander Buck Dialogue Editor
- Matthias Lempert Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Other crew · 1
- Sara Bernstein Supervisor of Production Resources
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