Can you remember the last time a documentary actually took your breath away? I can. It happened on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, in a theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The film ...

Known for her films My Country, My Country (2006), The Oath (2010), and this year’s Citizenfour, Academy Award-nominated director and producer Laura Poitras doesn’t stray from politically charged ...

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Filmmaker Laura Poitras captured the moment former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source behind a massive document leak of classified surveillance in 2013. Two years later, ...

“Citizenfour” director Laura Poitras will be honored with the inaugural Filmmakers Who Make a Difference Award at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award is a part of the ...

The American Film Institute’s AFI Docs festival will pay tribute to “Citizenfour” director Laura Poitras as the festival’s Charles Guggenheim Symposium honoree. The award will be presented at the ...

With the first two documentaries in her post–9-11 trilogy — My Country, My Country, a portrait of Iraq under American occupation, and The Oath, which focused on two Guantánamo Bay prisoners — Laura ...

news stories and critical pieces to you. 1. “Citizenfour” for Best Picture. The Edward Snowden documentary “Citizenfour” seems like a near certain bet for a Best Documentary nomination at the Oscars, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laura Poitras became a rock star of the documentary world with 2014’s Oscar-winning “Citizenfour,” an explosive and definitive ...