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Citizenfour with journalist Glenn Greenwald in person!

• Loft Cinema

Journalism on Screen is an ongoing series pairing films that explore the world of journalism with lively discussions with experts and industry professionals. Presented by The New York Times, The University of Arizona School of Journalism, The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Arizona Inn and The Loft Cinema.

In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was in the process of constructing a film about abuses of national security in post-9/11 America when she started receiving encrypted e-mails from someone identifying himself as "citizen four," who was ready to blow the whistle on the massive covert surveillance programs run by the NSA and other intelligence agencies.

In June 2013, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with the man who turned out to be Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her. The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Poitras is a masterful storyteller: she compresses the many days of questioning, waiting, confirming, watching the world's reaction and agonizing over the next move, into both a great character study of Snowden and a narrative that will leave you on the edge of your seat as it inexorably moves toward its conclusion. (Dir. by Laura Poitras, 2014, USA, 114 mins., Rated R)


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