Citizenfour [videorecording] / Praxis Films presents ; in association with Participant Media ; in association with HBO Documentary Films ; in co-production with Bertha Foundation, BRITDOC Circle, Channel 4 ; a film by Laura Poitras. - [U.K.] : Dogwoof, 2015 - 1 videodisc (99 min.) : col. sd. ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Special features: 3 extras scenes: Hong Kong Day One: Inside the CIA ; Hong Kong Day One: Taking Action ; Three weeks after Hong Kong -- 2 short films: Death of a prisoner / dir. Laura Poitras, 2013, 9 min. ; The program / dir. Laura Poitras, 2012, 8 min.

Citizenfour is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalists Ewen MacAskill and Glenn Greenwald's encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).

BBFC rating: 15 yeras and over.


DVD; region 2; aspect ratio 16:9; Dolby stereo.


English dialogue.

Academy Award Winner: Best Documentary 2015.

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Snowden, Edward J., 1983-


Leaks (Disclosure of information)--United States
Electronic surveillance--United States
Espionage, American


United States--National Security Agency