'Citizenfour' Triumphs: Snowden Documentary Nabs Oscar

'Thank you to Edward Snowden for his courage and for the many other whistleblowers,' says director Laura Poitras
Common Dreams
Feb. 23, 2015

Citizenfour, the film chronicling the decision made by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to expose wrongdoing to the world by leaking details of the agency's top-secret global surveillance operation to journalists, was awarded the Best Documentary Film award at Sunday night's Academy Award.

The award was accepted by the film's director Laura Poitras alongside its producers, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky. Joining them on stage was journalist Glenn Greenwald and Snowden's girlfriend Lindsay Mills, both of whom are featured in the film.

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