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Citizenfour - BLU-RAY

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2014's Academy Award winning documentary Citizenfour is a real life international thriller that unfolds by the minute. With unprecedented access, this gripping behind-the-scenes chronicle follows award winning director Laura Poitras (My Country, My Country) and journalist Glenn Greenwald's remarkable 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). The documentary not only shows the dangers of governmental surveillance, but makes audiences feel them. After seeing the film, viewers will never think the same way about their phone, e-mail, credit cards, web browser or digital footprint again.

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  • Genre
    Documentary
    Description
    2014's Academy Award winning documentary Citizenfour is a real life international thriller that unfolds by the minute. With unprecedented access, this gripping behind-the-scenes chronicle follows award winning director Laura Poitras (My Country, My Country) and journalist Glenn Greenwald's remarkable 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). The documentary not only shows the dangers of governmental surveillance, but makes audiences feel them. After seeing the film, viewers will never think the same way about their phone, e-mail, credit cards, web browser or digital footprint again.
    Title
    Citizenfour
    Format
    Blu-ray
    MPAA Rating
    R
    Studio
    Starz / Anchor Bay
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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 18 reviews

94% would recommend to a friend

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Whistleblower

    What an eye opening film... I can't recommend this enough!

    This review is from Citizenfour - BLU-RAY

    Posted by Papp

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Brilliant info of government/citizen relationship

    Laura Poitras "Citizenfour" is masterpiece in the age of technology and government surveillance of their citizens. This includes all governements, and government's surveillance of other governments. The strength and resilience of the previously unknown NSA worker, Edward Snowden, is portrayed brilliantly by showing his lack of wanting personal reward and trying to remind us all of the stomping of our personal liberties and the rights we should all always remember we have and should always fight for. Our integrity, privacy, and most importantly freedom of speech is all we have at this time in history. It is quickly resolving due to our lack of action, and we cannot continue to let it happen without a fight.

    This review is from Citizenfour - BLU-RAY

    Posted by TasteOfClass

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Enlightening

    Whether you want to like or hate the man, his exposure did start a change of transparency that was needed against our government. Of course if you took this "too close to heart" if could make you paranoid, but then you would have failed at why this is important to understand. If you can keep an objective, open mind, you'll appreciate the sacrifices that were made here just as much as those who serve to protect our country.

    This review is from Citizenfour - BLU-RAY

    Posted by ThanklessNoodle

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    simply amazing

    cannot recommend this film enough. holds up to repeat viewings, is gripping and enlightening, and definitely a must see film that should be shown in the classroom as well as in the home. my only complaint is this doesnot come with a digital copy and to add insult to injury, the digital copies cost more than the physical disc.

    This review is from Citizenfour - BLU-RAY

    Posted by stella

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Surprising

    The movie was great. He blew the whistle on society being monitored without knowledge. It's nuts how we are being followed.

    This review is from Citizenfour - BLU-RAY

    Posted by Tigger

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