Ed Rampell / TruthdigNov 25, 2022
Whether it’s a sophisticated surveillance state, the military-industrial complex, or billion-dollar pharmaceutical firms, Poitras shows us that the high and mighty can be held accountable—and even defeated. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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On "Scheer Intelligence," the Oscar-winning documentarian speaks with host and Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigApr 24, 2017
For six years, the "Citizenfour" filmmaker was repeatedly stopped at airports without explanation. Recently, a lawsuit uncovered the startling reason. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Kasia Anderson / TruthdigApr 19, 2017
"Citizenfour" director Poitras returns with "Risk," a film about WikiLeaks founder Assange, and becomes a target by association. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 19, 2016
The newspaper received a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on National Security Agency programs leaked by Edward Snowden. Now its editorial board wants him locked him away. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Carrie Rickey / TruthdigSep 16, 2016
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s quietly gripping performance, complemented by Stone’s smartly subdued direction, makes for a top-notch treatment of the former National Security Agency contractor’s real-life suspense story. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 15, 2015
"Citizenfour" director Laura Poitras has taken the U.S. government to task through her work as a filmmaker, and, unsurprisingly, she's gotten a direct message about how that's gone over with the powers that be in Washington. (Hint: not well.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Carey Shenkman / TruthdigMay 6, 2015
“Seven on Seven: Empathy and Disgust,” a New York event, couples artists with technologists or activists and gives them 24 hours to produce something. And those “somethings” turn out to be most interesting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 2, 2015
Rhizome’s annual "Seven on Seven" event pairs seven artists with seven technologists for 24 hours and asks them to create something wonderful. From noon to 6 p.m. Eastern time, Truthdig live-streamed the results of the tech-art-hackathon. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 23, 2015
From “Citizenfour” director Laura Poitras' acceptance speech for the Best Documentary Oscar to host Neil Patrick Harris’ quip that the Oscars are for Hollywood’s “best and whitest,” political commentary and calls for social justice rang through last night’s 87th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigFeb 23, 2015
The committed artists honored at the 87th Academy Awards took advantage of their bully pulpits to make an amazing series of eloquent statements on behalf of minorities and the discriminated against. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigOct 24, 2014
Laura Poitras' lens wordlessly captured the shock of the journalists, the youthful sincerity of the whistle-blower, and the unfolding tension that mounted as the stories started to get published and Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source to the entire world. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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