After Laura Poitras received encrypted emails from someone with information on the government's massive covert-surveillance programs, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong to meet the sender, who turned out to be Edward Snowden.
Release date: October 24, 2014 (USA)
Director: Laura Poitras
Box office: 3 million USD
Awards: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature), MORE
Producers: Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Production companies: Praxis Films, Participant, HBO Documentary Films, HBO Films