Citizenfour by Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras, Citizenfour (2014), Germany, US, Great Britain, 114 minutes, English with Italian subtitles

Citizenfour (Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 Oscars) is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker and Manifesta 12 artist, Laura Poitras, and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).

Friday, 29 June 2018, at 8.30 pm (free entrance), Citizenfour will be screened at the Teatro Garibaldi di Palermo.