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“So my first experience was that I had to do a reboot of my expectations. Like fantastic, great, he's young and charismatic and I was like wow, this is so disorienting, I have to reboot. In retrospect, I can see that it's really powerful that somebody [Snowden] so smart, so young, and with so much to lose risked so much.”

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Laura Poitras is an American documentary filmmaker known for her profound exploration of privacy, security, and political surveillance. Her work often focuses on issues of national security and civil liberties, with documentaries such as 'The Fifth Estate' and 'Citizenfour' receiving widespread acclaim. more

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