When:
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 -
4:00pm to 9:00pm EST
Where:
Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC
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Join us for a screening of the documentary Citizenfour and a brief panel discussion.
CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist 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).
Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name “CITIZENFOUR,” in January 2013. He reached out to her because he knew she had long been a target of government surveillance, stopped at airports numerous times, and had refused to be intimidated. When Snowden revealed he was a high-level analyst driven to expose the massive surveillance of Americans by the NSA, Poitras persuaded him to let her film.
CITIZENFOUR places you in the room with Poitras, Greenwald, and Snowden as they attempt to manage the media storm raging outside, forced to make quick decisions that will impact their lives and all of those around them.
Presenters
- Julia Angwin, Senior Reporter, ProPublica
- Glenn Greenwald, Co-founding Editor, The Intercept
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Philanthropy New York members and their guests.
Registration
5:00 - 6:00 PM Doors open
6:00 – 9:00 PM Screening & Discussion
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