Preview of CITIZENFOUR

October 24 will bring the opening of a documentary about massive abuse by the National Security Agency being disclosed by then-contractor Edward Snowden to director Laura Poitras and to journalist Glenn Greenwald, both of whom would, for their coverage of this issue, win the Pulitzer Prize and the Polk Award.

 

UPDATE:

For Best Documentary Feature, this production won awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the International Documentary Association, the Houston Film Critics Society, the Saint Louis Film Critics Assoc., and the Utah Film Critics Assoc., and won the award at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.  For Best Non-Fiction Film, this production won awards from the National Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Assoc., and the New York Film Critics Circle.

For Best Documentary, this production won awards from the Int'l Press Academy, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts, the Austin Film Critics Assoc., the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Assoc., the Detroit Film Critic Society, the Iowa Film Critics, the Kansas City Film Critics Cir., the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, the London Critics Cir., the San Diego Film Critics Society, and the San Francisco Film Critics Cir., and won the Gotham Award and the Independent Spirit Award.

For this work, Poitras won the Directors Guild of America's award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary, the Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival's award for Filmmakers Who Make a Difference, and the Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival's award for Outstanding Director.