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Laura Poitras was born on 2 February 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Citizenfour (2014), The Oath (2010) and My Country, My Country (2006).
When filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong to meet Edward Snowden for the first time, Poitras brought her camera with her. The result is a 100% real-life espionage story unfolding minute by minute before our eyes.
Poitras has since become one of the loudest voices in documentary filmmaking. With her 2006 Iraq war documentary, My Country, My Country, she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
Jan 13, 2023 · Laura Poitras is perhaps best known for investigative films that have laid bare U.S. government surveillance and military tactics in the aftermath of 9/11. But with her latest project, All the...
Dec 3, 2022 · NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with director Laura Poitras about her new documentary, "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," a chronicle of photographer Nan Goldin's activism in the opioid epidemic.
Laura Poitras was born on February 2, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Citizenfour (2014), The Oath (2010) and My Country, My Country (2006).
Jun 30, 2017 · Laura Poitras is a filmmaker, journalist and artist. Citizenfour , the third instalment of her post-9/11 Trilogy, won an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Her latest film Risk is released in the UK on 30 June.
