Snowden is almost preternaturally prepossessing and self-possessed. I think of a novelist whose dream character just walks into his or her head. It must have been like that with you and Snowden. But what if he'd been a graying guy with the same documents and far less intelligent things to say about them? In other words, how exactly did who he was make your movie and remake our world?
In all my work, I'm interested in trying to understand the human consequences of government policies. - Laura Poitras
In all my work, I'm interested in trying to understand the human consequences of government policies.
- Laura Poitras
From a personal perspective, because I'm on a watchlist and went through years of trying to find out why, of having the government refuse to confirm … - Laura Poitras
From a personal perspective, because I'm on a watchlist and went through years of trying to find out why, of having the government refuse to confirm …
In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals. - Laura Poitras
In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals.
There are people who are always going to try to engage in activity that is illegal and they're going to try to subvert surveillance. But everybody sh… - Laura Poitras
There are people who are always going to try to engage in activity that is illegal and they're going to try to subvert surveillance. But everybody sh…
One of the most frightening things, I think, is the capacity for retroactive searching, so you can go back in time and trace who someone is in contac… - Laura Poitras
One of the most frightening things, I think, is the capacity for retroactive searching, so you can go back in time and trace who someone is in contac…
Snowden has presented us with choices on how we want to move forward into the future. We're at a crossroads and we still don't quite know which path … - Laura Poitras
Snowden has presented us with choices on how we want to move forward into the future. We're at a crossroads and we still don't quite know which path …
We don't stand here alone, it's possible through the great organisations that support us. The disclosures that Edward Snowden revealed aren't only a … - Laura Poitras
We don't stand here alone, it's possible through the great organisations that support us. The disclosures that Edward Snowden revealed aren't only a …
We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing those secrets and in many… - Laura Poitras
We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing those secrets and in many…
I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical. - Laura Poitras
I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical.
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