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Citizenfour (2014)

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Film details

Featuring

Edward Snowden Glenn Greenwald William Binney
Countries

United Kingdom Germany USA South Africa
Year

2014
Genre

Documentary
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

Documentary about Edward Snowden, the WikiLeaks whistleblower, who admitted to the biggest leak of State secrets in US history. The film follows him at the Mira Hotel in Hong Kong in 2013 as he is interviewed by journalistsm, even as he prepares to flee from hte reach of US justice. The film also shows the Guardian newspaper in London preparing to publish Snowden’s revelations, and it shows Snowden living in exile in Moscow where he also speaks about his partner.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Edward Snowden
  - cast member
    
    Glenn Greenwald
  - cast member
    
    William Binney
  - cast member
    
    Jacob Appelbaum
  - cast member
    
    Ewan Macaskill
  - cast member
    
    Jeremy Scahill
  - cast member
    
    McKeown, Judge M. Margaret
  - cast member
    
    Kevin Bankston
  - cast member
    
    Pregerson, Judge Harry
  - cast member
    
    H. Thomas Byron
  - cast member
    
    Hawkins, Judge Michael Daly
  - cast member
    
    Jonathan Man
  - cast member
    
    Robert Tibbo
  - cast member
    
    José Casado
  - cast member
    
    Roberto Kaz
  - cast member
    
    Julian Borger
  - cast member
    
    Paul Johnson
  - cast member
    
    Nick Hopkins
  - cast member
    
    Julian Assange
  - cast member
    
    Marcel Bosonnet
  - cast member
    
    Wolfgang Kaleck
  - cast member
    
    Ben Wizner
  - cast member
    
    William Bourdon
  - cast member
    
    Gonzalo Boye
  - cast member
    
    Carsten Gericke
  - cast member
    
    David Miranda
  - cast member
    
    Ladar Levison
  - cast member
    
    Marcel Rosenbach
  - cast member
    
    Rainer Staudhammer
  - cast member
    
    Jeremy Scahill
  - cast member
    
    Lindsay Mills
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Laura Poitras
  - ©
    
    Praxis Films
  - Production Company
    
    Praxis Films
  - In association with
    
    Participant Media
  - In association with
    
    HBO Documentary Films
  - In co-production with Bertha Foundation/BRITDOC Circle
    
    The Bertha Foundation
  - In co-production with Bertha Foundation/BRITDOC Circle
    
    BRITDOC
  - In co-production with
    
    Channel 4
  - In co-production with
    
    Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR
  - In co-production with
    
    Bayerischer Rundfunk BR
  - With support from/Made possible by support from
    
    Deutscher Filmförderfonds
  - Made possible by support from
    
    Vital Projects Fund
  - Made possible by support from
    
    Cinereach
  - Made possible by support from
    
    Sundance Institute Documentary Program
  - Made possible by support from
    
    Ford Foundation/JustFilms
  - Additional Funding
    
    MacArthur Fellowship
  - Additional Funding
    
    USA Rockerfeller Fellowship
  - Additional Funding
    
    Anonymous Was a Woman
  - Presents
    
    BRITDOC
  - Presents
    
    Artificial Eye
  - Executive Producer
    
    Steven Soderbergh
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jeff Skoll
  - Executive Producer
    
    Diane Weyermann
  - Executive Producer
    
    David Menschel
  - Executive Producer
    
    Tom Quinn
  - Executive Producer
    
    Sheila Nevins
  - Produced by
    
    Dirk Wilutzky
  - Producer [opening credits]/Produced by [end credits]
    
    Laura Poitras
  - Producer [opening credits]/Produced by [end credits]
    
    Mathilde Bonnefoy
  - Co-producer
    
    Katy Scoggin
  - Co-producer
    
    Kirsten Johnson
  - Distribution Producer
    
    Brenda Coughlin
  - Executive Producer
    
    Sheila Nevins
  - Supervising Producer
    
    Sara Bernstein
  - Commissioning Editor
    
    Barbara Biemann
  - Production Executive
    
    Daniel Buresch
  - Commissioning Editor
    
    Sonja Scheider
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Svenja Rieck
  - Production Accountant
    
    Heike Günther
  - Production Accountant
    
    Pandora Zolotor
  - Post-production Supervisor
    
    Maria Frycz
  - Archival Research
    
    Svenja Rieck
  - Archival Research
    
    Jenny Perlin
  - Archival Research
    
    Rosemary Rotondi
  - Archival Research
    
    Sheila Maniar
  - Filmed by
    
    Laura Poitras
  - Filmed by/Cinematography
    
    Kirsten Johnson
  - Filmed by/Cinematography
    
    Katy Scoggin
  - Filmed by/Cinematography
    
    Trevor Paglen
  - Additional Camera
    
    Heloísa Passos
  - Additional Camera
    
    Adam Ruszkowski
  - Additional Camera
    
    Jimmy Chalk
  - Visual Effects
    
    Kilian Manning
  - Edited by
    
    Mathilde Bonnefoy
  - On-line Editor
    
    Raquel Stern
  - Additional Editor
    
    Barbara Toennieshen
  - Additional Editor
    
    Christina Burchard
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Katy Scoggin
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Jenny Perlin
  - Titles
    
    Neil Reynolds
  - Music Editor
    
    Hans Schumann
  - Sound Design
    
    Frank Kruse
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Laura Poitras
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Judy Karp
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Mathias Lempert
  - Dialogue Editor
    
    Alexander Buck
  - ADR Recordist
    
    Jimmy Chalk
  - ADR Recordist
    
    Adam Laschinger
  - ADR Recordist
    
    André Zacher
  - Foley Artist
    
    Carsten Richter
  - Foley Mixer
    
    Marcus Sujata
  - Production Publicist for Praxis Films
    
    Claudia Tomassini
  - Production Publicist for Praxis Films
    
    Carsten Siebert

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