Laura Poitras Movies

He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour...

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera...

The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography,...

A group of Russian independent journalists flee the country and navigate life in exile after the invasion of Ukraine, focusing on their dispersed...

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long...

One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in...

The director follows a Sunni Arab doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.

In 1997 New York City, filmmaker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a one-night fling. As their relationship evolves through dysfunctional...

Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a...

Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to...

Meet two women fighting against race-based gerrymandering in North Carolina: Val Applewhite, a plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case, and Moon...

New York cab and black car drivers are facing economic and emotional hardship in a city dominated by ride-share apps. As these long standing...

A filmmaker unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational trauma in her Italian-American family. As decades of secrets, home movies, and...

Shocked when their friend embraces extremism, a group of Muslim Americans in Texas recount their time with him and theories about his fate.

A filmmaker revisits her evangelical roots to find connection with her estranged father.

Edén Villa (pseudonym) and anonymous Minneapolis residents evade and resist the paramilitary occupation of their city, in a winter landscape...

The Great Clown Panic of 2016 wasn’t about clowns. It was about you.

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives...

Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary...

Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What...