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Director Laura Poitras: Julian Assange Is an ‘Equal-Opportunity’ Leaker (Audio)
May 19, 2017 On "Scheer Intelligence," the Oscar-winning documentarian speaks with host and Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer.
Director Laura Poitras Learns Why She Was Being Detained at Airports
Apr 24, 2017 For six years, the "Citizenfour" filmmaker was repeatedly stopped at airports without explanation. Recently, a lawsuit uncovered the startling reason.
From Edward Snowden to Julian Assange: Filmmaker Laura Poitras Takes On Another Renegade in ‘Risk’
Apr 19, 2017 "Citizenfour" director Poitras returns with "Risk," a film about WikiLeaks founder Assange, and becomes a target by association.
Glenn Greenwald Slams Washington Post for Promoting Punishment of Its Source, Edward Snowden
Sep 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.
A Subtler Oliver Stone Is Back in Top Form With ‘Snowden’
Sep 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.
Laura Poitras Hits Back at U.S. Government With Harassment Suit
Jul 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.)
Techno-Art of the Moment, Featuring Laura Poitras, Ai Weiwei and the Mona Lisa
May 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.Live Stream: Art, Technology, Empathy and Disgust at ‘Seven on Seven’
May 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.Calls for Social Justice Abound at the Oscars
Feb 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.
In the New Gilded Age, Social Protest Dominates Academy Awards Ceremony
Feb 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.
