Citizenfour (2014), 114 minutes. Laura Poitras (director)

Introduction by  Mariel Garcia-Montes (HASTS) and Michelle Spektor (SERC)

Topic: Government overreach, Surveillance, Authoritarianism
 

Citizenfour gives audiences an exclusive front-row seat to the moment Edward Snowden changed history with his revelations of widespread government surveillance around the world. In June 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald met with Snowden confidentially in Hong Kong, where he handed over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA). As the story breaks, they are forced to manage the raging media storm around them, and find their personal security and that of their loved ones under threat.

Cinema at the Nexus is an institute-wide film series which showcases films/documentaries that grapple with pressing issues of our day aiming to make sense of what we are experiencing today.

Other events in the series:

• Cinema at the Nexus: "The Cost of AI" | Introduction by Eric Robsky Huntley, October 27

• Cinema at the Nexus: Prisoner No. 626710 is Present | Introduction by Sana Aiyar, November 13

Supported by the SHASS Dean’s grant, hosted by the MIT Libraries.

Pizza and light refreshments will be served.

Contact for suggestions and questions: doylec@mit.edu, szarko@mit.edu, turnator@mit.edu