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8 Food Chains 9 public policy. and for personal its consequences and reality ofmass Exposing the CITIZENFOUR

CITIZENFOUR WINNER: The 10 The NSA Photo by Trevor Paglen Food Chains 11 . CITIZENFOUR CITIZENFOUR years to come. the makingand tacklesissues withimplications for many and theworld around us? It’s afilm that captures history in surveillance onourpoliticalcommunity, ourpolitical values workers, resist? And what are theconsequences ofincreased do ordinary citizens andthoseonthe inside, includingNSA pervasive power intheform ofmass surveillance, how particular way. When faced withseemingly all-powerful and make, theirrepercussions andwhy they chooseto actina CITIZENFOUR explores thehigh-riskchoices individuals to managethemediastorm pickingupoutside. impact theirlives andthosearound them,whilst attempting to thetrio, they are forced to make quickdecisionsthat will for anumberofmonths.Astop secret information isrevealed Snowden for thefirst time, having communicated securely reporters GlennGreenwald andEwen MacAskillmeetEdward The filmplaces you inthe room asdirector and Security Agency (NSA). illegal invasions ofprivacy by theNational evidence ofmass indiscriminate and hands over classified documentsproviding inHongKong, ashe unprecedented access to encounters with unfolding by theminute, givingaudiences CITIZENFOUR isareal life thriller, The Film The Film “ Times — Critical Acclaim the state.” individual and between the the confrontation time tableauof digital age, areal- fable for the A primalpolitical 87TH ACADEMY AWARDFOR OF AMERICA FOROUTSTANDING BEST DOCUMENTARY 2014 BAFTA AWARDS FORBEST DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT 2014 DIRECTOR’S GUILD DOCUMENTARY 2014 IN DOCUMENTARY

12 13 CITIZENFOUR The Campaign 14 THE CAMPAIGN

GCHQ satellites in Bude, England. Photo: Trevor Paglen The Campaign 15 often subjected to hours-long she was searched, questioned, and travelled. Between 2006and 2012, the U.S. border every timeshe My Country, Poitras was detainedat from andfilmingMyCountry, After returning to theUnited States for two . on terror, andwas nominated on Guantanamoandthewar The Oath (2010), focused an Academy Award. Part two, of Iraq, was nominated for about theU.S. occupation My Country, MyCountry (2006), Part oneofthepost-9/11 Trilogy, CITIZENFOUR practice into aseriesofinstallations andimmersive mediaenvironments. which explores thethemesofherpost-9/11 Trilogy andexpands hercinematic American ArtinNew York debuted Poitras’ first solomuseum exhibition, Her inter-disciplinary work continues. In2016, theWhitney Museumof pushed wideranddeeper. conversation aboutmass surveillance whichthefilm was released, herwork hadalready started aglobal film andtraditional newsprint. By thetimeCITIZENFOUR with otherstorytelling mediums,embracing bothshort created whilst Poitras continued to work incombination 9/11 Trilogy. Itisauniquework of visual , CITIZENFOUR isLaura Poitras’ last filminherpost- CONTEXT

program begunafter 9/11. a top-secret domestic spying He described “Stellarwind,” William Binney. a shortfilmaboutNSA York Times Op-Doc The Program, documentary was the2012 New of thefledgling featured the domestic arena. Anoff-shoot the war on terror was unfolding in interested insurveillance andhow experience asatarget, shebecame Partially asaresult ofherown 50 occasions. overseas airportsonmore than security screenings at U.S. and

documents from NSA surveillance hotel room whilehetranslated spent eightdays inSnowden’s correspondent Ewen MacAskill Laura, Glenn andGuardian security making heranobvious choice.” government intheworld — misdeeds ofthemost powerful be given — reporting onthesecret assignment any can is probably themost dangerous and skillneededto handlewhat courage, personalexperience “She haddemonstrated the Poitras, Snowden said, of hismotivation for contacting onrecord commenting Later out to beEdward Snowden. meet themanwhoturned travelled to HongKong to reporter GlennGreenwald In May 2013, Laura and matter oftime... across theglobe. Itwas just a to spy onAmericansandpeople a massive surveillance apparatus how theUnited States hadbuilt trove ofsecret documentsabout and wanted to gopublicwitha believed thesource was credible emails for five months,she communicating through encrypted rubric “CITIZENFOUR”. After contact Poitras usingthe intelligence community to anonymous memberofthe This was thecatalyst for an The Campaign

Knowing that once thestories together, thenwatching itspread. of filmingSnowden, creating news while they were still intheprocess These andotherarticlesappeared headline news around theworld. as awhistleblower became where heexplained hismotivation website onJune9th, on June6th2013 andpublishedon The videorecorded withSnowden story withhercamera. documented theunfolding from thehotel room, Poitras reported onSnowden’s process international community. Asthey citizens’ lives andthoseinthe infiltration into bothitsdomestic and breadth ofU.S. government programs thusexposing thedepth

and academia. business, media,publicopinion, civil society:government, across nearlyallaspectsof are continuing to reverberate The impactoftheserevelations seen andthey could befelt.” happening, andthey could be knew that reverberations were closed circle, andaround uswe was takingoff. We were inthis but we could seeonTVthat it we were paying attention to that, Our work was very focused, and much attention itwas getting. “We were allsurprisedat how hiding. AsPoitras describes: Snowden fledand went into as themediacircus was triggered, their timetogether andindeed went public,itwas theendof

16 The Campaign 17 CITIZENFOUR traditional USallyin , and . Britainisa targeted theUnited States, Britain, The film’s engagement campaign of unchecked . seek asolutionto theproblem challenge, allowing themto understand thescaleof civil societyandpoliticians film was a crucial tool inhelping people across theglobe. The the fundamentalrightsof ,are violating the andthe how two leadingdemocracies, CITIZENFOUR demonstrated How theCampaignWorked THE CAMPAIGN of thefilm. co-producers an leadfinancers and Germany are also thethree her film. The United States, Britain Laura moved to Berlinto make laws, whichwas onereason why freedom andanti-surveillance Germany has strong press government spying oncitizens, experience oftheStasi and public debate relating to the Partly asaresult ofreforms and power intheEuropean Union. importance astheleadingpolitical NSA. Germany isofstrategic closest alliedagency to the the Snowden papersasthe and GCHQwas revealed in

industry andelite cultural circles. the entertainment press, film to create highvisibilityin theatrical) that were designed big festival premiere, immediate distribution (majordistributor, made asetofdecisionsabout cultural moment. The film team to create andthenleverage a anticipated filmasameans possible release ofahotly- around thewidest andnoisiest The campaignwas first built The Campaign

characters andmotives for Binney Snowden andotherslike Bill experience like the issues andimportantly, to to engagemore profoundly with it gave audiences theopportunity commentary allaround theworld, After awave ofcoverage and by hadbroken. Laura herself) Snowden (many co-authored after thefirst news stories on The film was released 16months directly andassess their

“ on board. and new highprofile supporters and publications to thestory the subject,different brought different audiences to themselves. The film’s success Washington Post — it’s part ofthemakingit.” capturing thehistorical event real andthecamera isn’tonly The actionisperilously

18 The Campaign 19 CITIZENFOUR of theUSstrategy was on as atraitor. Therefore thefocus of demonizing Edward Snowden juxtaposed against abackdrop for an overhaul ofNSA oversight passionately divided,withcalls Act, the public andpress were was charged undertheEspionage In theU.S., where Snowden context around mass surveillance. matching thesocialandpolitical tailored to goals for eachcountry, strategies differed andwere At that point,thecampaign premiere anddistribution. standard delays between festival within two weeks, avoiding the followed by atheatrical release DOK Leipzig), immediately Festival, FilmFestival, October 2014 (New York Film premiere ineachcountry in with amajor, highprofile festival Germany simultaneously:starting three key territories, USA, UKand There was aunified strategy inthe Different Campaigns Different Countries, needed to make headway. tool, inthefilmitself, that they evidence inthepapersand campaigners, they finallyhadthe activists andsurveillance society, for many humanrights as abombshellto many partsof Whilst therevelations hadcome

already possessed. powers theintelligence agencies understanding ofthesignificant in avacuum withlittlereal pre-Snowden hadbeenheld been misled.The entire debate already had.Parliament had revelations showed that GCHQ powers that theSnowden Data Bill, powers through thedraft significantly extend surveillance pushing parliamentto where theUKgovernment was revelations cameinaperiod and Germancounterparts. The revelations thantheirAmerican public were less troubled by the was dismissive andtheBritish to theissues raised inthefilm The officialgovernment reaction restraint. security) askingfor press subjects for reasons ofnational broadcast items onspecified news editors notto publishor notice (anofficial request to government issuance ofaDA a backseat, partlydueto the papers andbroadcasters taking Snowden’s revelations withother led theinitialcoverage of In theUK,Guardian had about mass surveillance. actions andonthelarger debate persuadable onSnowden’s audiences undecidedbut The Campaign 20 The Campaign 21 CITIZENFOUR intelligence service) hadcolluded the BND(the Germanfederal revealed shocking evidence that In Spring2015, thecommittee with theNSA. on Germany inpartnership foreign secret services spying extent andbackground of committee examined the a parliamentaryinvestigation polarised issue inGermany; surveillance becameahighly course oftheinitiative, state and influencers. Duringthe politicians, opinionleaders whistleblower laws, targeting services andcallsfor stronger of theoversight ofthesecret to support both calls for a review engagement campaignwas The aimoftheGermanfilm to violations ofpersonalprivacy.” population particularlysensitive dictatorship hasleftthe country whosehistory of has beenmost pronounced, a outcry over NSA ,“The In Germany, according to surveillance. discussion aboutmass sparking thefirst accurate public business leadersaround the issue, media, politiciansandtech to engagetheestablishment — Therefore theUKstrategy was The Campaign

Institute ofPolitics, Princeton Caucus, University ofChicago LA County Republican Library International, The Guardian, Liberties Union,Amnesty Foundation, AmericanCivil screenings were hosted by Ford Award was won, special Before andafter theAcademy interviews &screening events. surveillance front andcenter of to keep theissue ofNSA campaign usedthat opportunity for anAcademy Award, the When thefilm was nominated followed shortlyafter. the awards season runwhich prolonged andheightened by raised inthefilmand was coverage focused onissues media visibility. Popular press positioned for highpublicand the campaignwas perfectly of The Weinstein Company, 2014, by RADiUSadivision was released inOctober In theU.S., whenthefilm Public engagement U.S. Campaign German parliamentarycoalition. internal tensions withinthe accountability andcreating on Chancellor Merkel for her and diplomats puttingpressure & European corporate interests with theNSA to spy onGerman

about thehistory ofsurveillance, focused oneducating followers included athematic strand the Targeted socialmediafrom on theReddit AMA. the film won the Academy Award, February 12th2015, andthenafter Greenwald andDavid Carron Talk withLaura, Glenn on just acouple ofoccasions - subject. Hespoke from cinema, notasadvocacy for the speak for itselfaswork ofartand and thesubject;to letthefilm move onthepartoffilmmakers sparingly. This was astrategic involved inthecampaignvey Snowden himselfwas onlydiectly — the deepstate.” was pushingbackagainst documentary, civilsociety the Academy Award for best When Laura Poitras received CITIZENFOUR’s Win: “The Significance of Administration amongothers. Archives andRecords Institute andThe U.S. National Freedom ofthePress, Libertas The Reporters Committee for American Library Association, University, UCSantaBarbara, Public Library, Vanderbilt @ CITIZENFOUR account

22 The Campaign 23 tool ofresistance intheirpress importance ofencryption asa also routinely introduced the her film team andfilmsubjects used inthefilm’s making.Laura, tools andFree Software programs CITIZENFOUR lists the self-defense. The endcredits of was thepromotion ofsurveillance A key aimfrom thebeginning Digital SecurityTraining the filmperse. the focus onissues more than visual nature oftheposts and ratios, most likely dueto the of thehighest post to follower Overall theaccount netted one for surveillance self-defense. Stellarwind) and“pro tips” government programs (e.g. information onsecret CITIZENFOUR

a series of digital security a seriesofdigital security Media conducted Foundation incooperation with such asFreedom ofthe Press In theUS,partnerorganizations anonymously ontheinternet. its usersto communicate project, afree system enabling money to groups like theTor Laura directed someprize surveillance self-defense. source organizing around with groups involved inopen the film available for screenings The film team prioritized making and privacy inparticular. and tools to supporthumanrights movement asasource oftactics highlighted theFree Software and publicdiscussions. They

The Campaign 24 The Campaign 25 leaders to contrast withearlier stakeholders andbusiness right popular mediaand specifically to engage center- In Britain,thecampaign sought Establishment engagement UK Campaign “ secure digitalcommunications. training journalists onhow to use share files) innewsrooms and enable whistleblowers to securely work ofinstalling SecureDrop (to They alsoexpanded theirongoing security journalists inthecountry. DC withmany ofthetop national on digitalsecurityinWashington They heldamajorconference workshops insidenewsrooms. CITIZENFOUR Foundation. of Freedom ofthePress Trevor Timm, executive director years to come.” sources andthepublicfor that will benefitboththeir movement amongjournalists Century, andhassparked a press freedom issue ofthe21st is now oneofthemost vital encryption andanonymity tools Protecting journalists using the USandaround theworld. critical partofnewsrooms in increasingly beingtreated asa CITIZENFOUR, digitalsecurityis Snowden, Laura Poitras, and Largely thanksto Edward

Financial Times. The Telegraph andThe right-leaning mediasuchas crucially, giving priorityto companies, politicians,and, outreach to technology targeted specialscreenings, subject ofthefilm. This meant lead by theGuardian, itselfa coverage ontheissue mainly

In theUK,campaignsagency for Defense &SecurityStudies. Royal United Services Institute The HouseofLords andthe including institutions suchas in theheartofestablishment, special influencer screenings saw thefilm at more than20 over 1,100 targeted individuals Throughout thecampaign, The Campaign corporates. Alsobringing interested media voices and society, key influencers, partnerships working withcivil team, helpedfacilitate strong coalition ofNGOs,sowithhis adviser to theDon’tSpy OnUs Mike HarristheCEOwas alsoan support theimpactdistribution. 89up was engagedto help campaign to create discussion visibility from theOscar allowing theteam to usethe possible around holdbacks, on February 25thasearly The filmplayed onChannel4 from . to thecampaignwas EricKing significant international expertise

26 The Campaign 27 CITIZENFOUR screenings for tech companies led to anumberofprivate preview software company F-Secure A partnershipwithprivacy Corporate Engagement after 9/11’. by Laura Poitras reflecting life this, thethird inatrilogyoffilms that isreflected inoursupportof on awiderange ofissues, and stimulate well-informed debate a statutory remit to supportand Channel 4saying: ‘Channel4has selected Lords, withaletter from delivered -to every MPand Parliament. 700 copies were DVD) for the Houses of film was not yet released on a specialDVD was made(asthe In April2015 after broadcast, during thebroadcast. and debate onsocialmedia

this andthey are wrong”. the publicdon’tcare aboutall needs, responding to citizens privacy companies to take theleadon spoke at thefirst event urging Conservative MPDavid Davis Choice. Mobile O2, FoneHouse, Three and Media, Sky, EE,BT, Vodafone, telecoms companies: Virgin and Googlethefollowing companies suchasTwitter regulator Ofcom, GSM Association, thetelecoms came from industry groups like and trade press. Representatives at their London offices. staff ofbothGoogleandTwitter The film was alsoscreened for “most politiciansthink

that reaching outto communicate the artpress andaudiences, The UKteam wanted to engage Artistic Alliances and opsecprocedures. learnt infosec Picturehouse. At each,attendees was hosted at Hackney for documentaryfilmmakers and othersspecialists, thefirst were organised withCryptoclass Cryptography Workshops As intheUS,anumberof Digital SecurityTraining generating bothdirect public toured publicspaces for oneweek program code names. The artwork scrolled government surveillance projected onto publicbuildingsthat State,” was avideoinstallation, “Code NamesoftheSurveillance galleries andcontinues to tour. has since beenshown inadditional building that housestheGCHQ, extended aerialview ofthecircular Normal Devices, “Circles” was an In collaboration withAbandon Contemporary Arts. at London’s Institute of at thefilm’s publicpremiere CITIZENFOUR, were launched contributed cinematography to artist Trevor Paglen, whoalso new publicartworks by American To underscore thispoint,two of artaswell asjournalism. CITIZENFOUR isawork The Campaign

journalist HenryPorter and of Vanity Fair co hosted ascreening central issues. For example, discussion aboutthefilm’s create awave ofonline engage withthecontent and private influencer screenings to were theninvited to attend engagement. These individuals the campaign’s socialmedia specific supporters to support then prioritize requests to and typeoffollowers, they could strategic importance, eg.reach targets. By filtering in terms of of 485influencer screening and analyzed handles The campaignalsoidentified . Penguin Books,BFI,ICA,Frieze and and mediaorganizations including celebrities, NGO’s, corporations partnerships possible with made direct socialmedia press outletswithtailored content activity. Providing film audience, but alsoincrease only promote thereach ofthe heavily insocialmediato not The UKcampaigninvested Social Mediacampaign New York. in DenmarkandMetro Pictures work hasalsoshown at CPH:DOX media andpress reactions. The engagement andindirect social CITIZENFOUR withauthor and

to date. to secondary schoolsinthe UK have beenusedinover 200 teachers for teachers they Doc Academy. Written by classroom were released by clips ofthefilm for the free school lesson plansand played onChannel4,asetof At thesametimethat thefilm Schools campaign “ The filmtrended No. 2intheUK. live onthe#AskEwen hashtag. responded to viewers questions in theBRITDOCOffice. He Channel 4andBite The Ballotteam film, joinedtheBRITDOC, 89Up, Ewen MacAskill, whofeatures inthe out every few minutes. Journalist about surveillance were tweeted as well asadditional information the film-quotes andscreen grabs the TVbroadcast. Content from conversation was created during A live twitter andfacebook the issues. further press to thefilmand activist JemimaKhanbringing Snowden revelations]. the most negative reaction [to a country that hasprobably had overwhelmingly positive from UK isextraordinary -almost The reaction onlineto C4inthe

28 The Campaign 29 CITIZENFOUR investigation committee), and (staff memberofthe NSA-federal the BerlinLeft Party), AnneRoth included KlausLederer (Headof revelations. Speakers at thisevent expression inlightofthe Snowden that focused onfreedom of followed by apaneldiscussion Parliament onJuly7th2015 parliamentarians at the City a screening for 50 The film team organised and theBNDwas exposed. co-operation between theNSA Germany asthescaleof highly contentious issue in surveillance was becoming a and regional politiciansjust as decision- makers, aswell aslocal was to engageleadingpolitical in anadvisoryrole. The strategy UK campaignwith89up working created usinglessons from the The Germancampaignwas Political engagement The GermanCampaign

two screenings. and lawyers inthedebate at leading judges, legaltheorists surveillance, was to engage constitution to fightbackagainst civil societyto usethelaw and mirrors attempts by German Part of thestrategy, which Legal screenings Grünen). Ströbele (Bündnis90/Die Flisek (SPD) andHans-Christian (Die Linke), aswell asChristian on thecommittee, Martina Renner (CDU), theheadofopposition committee including theheadof from across thepoliticalspectrum committee into NSA surveillance of thefederal investigation including theleadingmembers panel discussion afterwards team organised ahigh-impact on October 12th2015. The German just before thenational broadcast by thetelevision company NDR CITIZENFOUR whichwas hosted German languageversion of screening by far was the The most influentialpolitical on theSnowden revelations. against theBND, whichwas based “Reporters without Borders” raised therecent lawsuit issued by Borders, Germany). The discussion the Board ofReporters without Matthias Spielkamp (Memberof

political sciences, socialsciences the audience were professors of Germany andAustria. Among scientists from , network andleadingsocial members oftheLaw andSociety The audience consisted of criminal law) whomoderated. (a Professor at theFU-Berlin in Professor Dr. Tobias Singelnstein in constitutional law) and Buermeyer (ajudgeand lecturer legal figures includingUlf The speakers were significant law andthe current surveillance”. CITIZENFOUR on“Constitutional discussion after ascreening of guests joinedaninfluentialpanel Humboldt-University Berlin,72 The first onSeptember 10, at The Campaign member ofthe board ofDVD. by Sönke Hilbrans, alawyer and Meeting. The film was presented Association’s AnnualGeneral 20 seniorlawyers at the Association (DVD) involved involved intheGermanPrivacy The screening for lawyers Collegium Leoninum inBonn. October 10th2015 at theHotel expand thereach ofthefilmon was held outside Berlinto aimed at thelegalcommunity The second screening was Münster) andothers. Stoppenbrink (University ( University), Dr. including Prof IngridSchneider and law from allover Germany German campaign work. Susanne Lang,wholed the The event was moderated by an investigative Journalist. speaking withJohnGoez, Biedermann (Colonel a.D.) German Army, Bernd followed by a Colonel ofthe subject. Apaneldiscussion out ofprivate interest inthe soldiers andofficers attended Concert Hall.Over 60former September at theStrasbourg the Germanmilitaryon3 and servingmembersof was ascreening for former Another noteworthy event Military screening

30 The Campaign 31 CITIZENFOUR goals ofCITIZENFOUR. Dynamics to thecampaign Here we apply theImpact impactguide.org dynamics canbefound in More information ontheimpact conceptualize theircampaigns. to understand how they working withNGOsandactivists have worked with,aswell as by studying the filmsthat we world. This hasbeendeveloped change you canmake inthe broad categories for thekindsof we callthefour ImpactDynamics; strategies, BRITDOCuseswhat As atool for analyzing campaign AT WORK IMPACT DYNAMICS

United States, Britain,Germany. Targeted audiences: — onlythefew orallofus? will resist thesecret extension ofstate powers Engage citizens withamoral question. Who of mass surveillance. Public Awareness oftheconsequences creating ashiftinpublicattitudes. Mass awareness andunderstanding – CHANGING MINDS The Campaign

leaders, lawyers andjudges Targeted audiences: Politicians, business policies around privacy anddata capture. Spark areview ofstate andcorporate and policy to changethecontext. in politicsorbusiness, directly influencinglaw Top down changewhether CHANGING STRUCTURES Documentary Filmmakers, Lawyers Targeted Audiences: Journalists, as investigative journalists andlawyers. particularly amonghighvalue groups, such Increase surveillance self-defense strategies, boycott, donate orvolunteer. just thinkdifferent –whetherthat’s to buyor Actively mobilizingpeopleto dodifferent, not CHANGING BEHAVIOURS

32 Who Saw It 33 WHO SAW IT? CITIZENFOUR UK Theatres: Making itthe13thhighest grossing political $3,000,000+ 110 following countries: Argentina, Australia, , Portugal, Republic ofMacedonia, , South Bosnia andHerzegovina, Canada, Chile, , , ,France, Germany, Germany, Mexico, ,, Peru, Poland, , Hungary, Israel, , Lebanon, Korea, ,, , Turkey, UK Biggest docopeningin5years The filmopenedtheatrically inthe $25,000 $25,000 documentary ofalltime Global Box Office: Screen Average – US Box Office: Internationally 100+ Markets Cinema

Channel 4’s 4OD(UK) Germany) iTunes (US,Canadaand HBO andGO(US) Online Platforms Who Saw It? Additional broadcasts Television Territories citizenfourfilm.com 1.2m coming in2016 unique visitors unique visitors Germany UK Website US — HBO NDR

301m impressions

Potential 1,938,930 Trailer: citizenfourfilm.com .com/citizenfour 53,669 16,800 Online Trailer Views theatrical premier during the UK during theUK Facebook Followers #8 Trended #8 Twitter

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34 Who Saw It 35 WHO SAW IT? CITIZENFOUR A Ci In N G Best DocumentaryFilm In D B A AFTA Awards 2015 Best Documentary Best DocumentaryFeature cademy Award 2015 in Documentary Outstanding Directorial Achievement irectors GuildAward Best Documentary otham IndependentFilmAwards Best Edited Documentary Feature merican CinemaEditors Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film ew York FilmCriticsCircle Best Documentary dependent SpiritAwards Best Feature ternational DocumentaryAssociation In Editing andInProduction Nonfiction Feature, inDirection, Outstanding Achievement in nema Eye HonorsAward 44 AWARDS INCLUDING:

Who Saw It? 36 37 CITIZENFOUR Impact & Achievements 38

IMPACT & ACHIEVEMENTS 39 CITIZENFOUR Timeline 40 2013 MAY 2013 JUN 2013 JUL 2013 Edward —U.S. Department French President Hollande Snowden of Justice unsealed refused negotiations with leaves his charges against the US until they had home and Snowden of two security guarantees flies to counts of violating Hong Kong the Act of 1917 and theft of US

Government or foreign AUG 2013 Russian authorities CITIZENFOUR government property grant Snowden —Snowden flies to one-year asylum, which Moscow, Russia, was later extended to where he reportedly three years remained for over WORLD EVENTS a month 2006-2012 JANUARY 2013 MAY 2013 —Poitras detained at Laura Poitras Poitras travels to Hong Kong airports over 40 times receives an with Glenn Greenwald to meet —Poitras joins journalists encrypted e-mail “CITIZENFOUR” where over TIMELINE in lawsuit challenging from a stranger, 8 days, Snowden leaks a series the National Defense “CITIZENFOUR,” of detailed disclosures of Authorization Act who identified internal NSA documents himself as a revealing the massive extent high-ranking of the NSA’s foreign and 2012 government official domestic spying Poitras releases short film “The Program” on New York Times Op-Docs, which becomes the most viewed and shared THEOp-Docs in FILMhistory JUN 2013 Snowden reveals his identity and his motivation in a video published on the Guardian THE CAMPAIGN website IMPACT & ACHIEVEMENTS 41 CITIZENFOUR Timeline 42

NOV 2013 NOV 2014 2013 —White House decides 2014 —European regulators 2015 2016 that Snowden will not threaten to block AT&T’s SEP 2013 receive clemency JAN 2014 purchase of Vodafone NSA’s director —Britain held a public India cancelled voter —German based server confirms that the intelligence hearing for registration contract with company, Protonet, NSA collects and the first time in history promised 100% data stores all phone sovereignty and crowd records of all sources so quickly that American citizens. many would-be investors JUN 2015 FEBRUARY 2016 Much of the data is DEC 2013 did not get a chance Congress passes the Snowden remains kept in large storage ended their JUN 2014 USA Freedom Act, placing in undisclosed facilities such as the contract with U.S. company Germany ends contract with restrictions on NSA’s location in Russia Boeing and awarded Verizon over concerns about surveillance powers WORLD(as seen in the film) EVENTSit to Sweden’s Saab network security JAN 2014 OCT 2014 NOV 2014 JAN 2015 FEB 2015 SEP 2015 President Obama —CITIZENFOUR International German Theatrical Directors Guild —BAFTA Award winner —Primetime Creative Emmy defends film premiere in the United Premiere at Kino of America Award —Awarded Best Documentary Awards (multiple) the NSA but States at the New York Film International.Hamburg for Outstanding at the 87th —Participated in the York orders a review Festival Abaton Directing- —Channel 4 national broadcast Festival of Ideas on for surveillance —European Premiere at BFI Documentaries with on the night live “Surveillance, Snowden and program reforms London Film Festival DEC 2014 —Premiered on Home Box Security” —Leipzig Film Festival in —US theatrical release Office Channel 4 broadcast Germany to 105 theaters it in the UK —UK General Release —IDA Documentary Best Feature Award JUN 2015 —Awarded German Film Fest Award for Best THE FILM Documentary OCT 2014 NOV 2014 JAN 2015 FEB 2015 APR 2015 —David Davis, MP accuses Screening for the Labour —Screening for the —Poitras featured DVD copies given FEB 2016 Parliament and press of Campaign for Human House of Lords at the New York to every Member “Astro Noise” opens complacency towards surveillance —Screening for corporate Times Talk about the of Parliament (UK) at New York’s Whitney —Harvey Weinstein hosts Hollywood Google offices state of surveillance Museum of American screening event that prompts DEC 2014 —FEB 2015 —Poitras speaks at the Art representing Poitras Screening by Conservative blogger Guido Fawkes debate around NSA surveillance Ford Foundation’s first solo exhibition and right-of-centre media. High profile screenings under Obama’s presidency NetGain continue. Interviews and appearances surrounding THE CAMPAIGN Oscar nomination and award APR 2014 FEB 2015 APR 2015 JAN 2016 Washington Post and The Guardian receive the Pulitzer U.S. District Court Over 10 million people watched comedian Poitras supports first Prize for their coverage of the NSA story shared with DEC 2014 dismissed lawsuit interview Edward Snowden crowd-sourced Poitras, Greenwald, MacAskill and Gellman Retired naval officer and oil executive filed against on an episode of “Last Week Tonite” online fundraising campaign APRIL 2014 OCT 2014 suit against CITIZENFOUR’s producers CITIZENFOUR’s for (network of Poitras, Greenwald, MacAskill and “on behalf of the American people” producers on JUN 2015 volunteer operated —DOK Leipzig “Leipziger Ring” Award Congress passes the USA Freedom Gellman receive the George Polk award —Conservative Party Chairman and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, David grounds of the First servers) netting over for Reporting Amendment Act, placing modest restrictions on $200,000 IMPACT & ACHIEVEMENTSDavis, accuses parliament and press of complacency around surveillance NSA’s surveillance powers Impact & Achievements 43 Council ofEurope 2015 Edward Snowden at the CITIZENFOUR

Impact &Achievements “  impossible”. that was previously for ourcampaign to make headway sails andallowed us wind backinour CITIZENFOUR put a traitor afterwards. film and still callhim couldn’t watch the hardened securocrat Even themost surveillance state. scale ofthesecret understand the his bravery, and humanity, see to seeSnowden’s allowed thepublic CITIZENFOUR Privacy International Eric King —

44 Impact & Achievements 45 Snowden revelations for the was to contextualise the process. The priorityat launch beginning ofafar longer therefore beseenasjust the around thefilm’s release must engagement efforts made The publicandpolitical and states. understanding ofsocieties as individualswell asour way we allunderstand ourselves implications are profound for the Their ramifications and assimilated for ageneration. and understood, contested and will now continue to beframed These revelations andquestions into thepublicdomain. philosophical questions personal, politicaland number ofhighlycomplex for thefirst timeandputa surveillance publicknowledge these works mademass and hercollaborators. Together artistic work by Laura Poitras of abodyjournalistic and CITIZENFOUR was just apart Summary CITIZENFOUR IMPACT& ACHIEVEMENTS 2015: 2014: (prior to film release) 2013: 6,670 “Edward Snowden” Google searches for 2,800 post release ofthefilm. Snowden” increased 450% search results for “Edward Through ananalysis ofGoogle, For example: about NSA surveillance. Snowden andpublicsentiment relative to perceptions ofEdward resulted inimportantchanges CITIZENFOUR doappearto have revelations that emerged from in publicperception. The create andleverage acultural shift release ofCITIZENFOUR was to impact campaignaround the The primarylogicofbuildingthe Changes inPublicOpinion demanding publicdiscussion. impossible andledto amore security by theirstates counter-narratives about publics inaway that madeeasy American, BritishandGerman 8,730

Impact &Achievements 46 Impact & Achievements 47 CITIZENFOUR 48% ayear before). However information to thepress ( from Snowden was right to give his the year before with49% saying found itlargely unchangedsince - to establish thebenchmark-and the week before the filmopened YouGov conducted arepeat poll to 48%by November. right goingfrom 56%inJune2013 number ofpeoplethinkinghewas revelations was slipping-withthe Snowden directly after the first showed that initialsupportfor and November 2013 which already donetwo polls,inJune Polling organisation YouGov had In theUK from 37% to 54%respectively. collecting bulkdata increased approve ofthegovernment 2015, Americanswhodonot shows that between 2013 and U.S., andPew polling surveillance more generally, inthe Around theissue ofprivacy and 2015: 2014: (prior to film release) 6,980 2013: 5,910 “NSA Surveillance ” Google searches for 3,230 300% post release ofthe film. for “NSA Surveillance” increased Similarly, Google search results

leaders ortheir citizens. and phonecalls offoreign by theU.S. government of emails majorities oppose monitoring majorities opposemonitoring In nearlyallcountries polled, unacceptable. countries is acceptable or or theleadersofsurvey citizens ofthesurvey countries activities, Americancitizens, individuals suspected ofterrorist of communications from government’s allegedmonitoring asked whethertheU.S. Specifically, globalpublics were in theU.S. andothercountries. such asemailsandphonecalls, monitoring communications, about theAmericangovernment 44 countries what they thought asked 48,643respondents in 2014 Globalattitudes survey The Pew Research Center’s Internationally rise to theeffect ofthefilm. Shakespeare attributed the YouGov’s founder Stephan information to thepress. Snowden was rightto give his showed arisewith53% saying film, thepoll was repeated and theatrical andTVlaunchofthe In March 2015, following the slipped alittlefrom 36%to 34%. impression ofSnowden had those withafavourable

International Governance undertaken by theCentre for on Internet Securityand Trust, The CIGI-IpsosGlobalSurvey American citizens. unacceptable to spy on terrorists, andthat itis acceptable to spy onsuspected the world agree that itis Americans andothersaround However, the majorityof people inothercountries. this technique onaverage and they are dividedover using leaders isanacceptable practice, eavesdropping onforeign tilted toward theview that In contrast, Americans Impact &Achievements

—  —  —  provides someusefuldata points: 2014 and November 122014 also carried outbetween October 7 users in24 countries, andwas Ipsos, reached 23,376 Internet by globalresearch company Innovation (CIGI) andconducted 39% now change their websites andapplications and 43% ofusers now avoid certain Compared to oneyear ago, of hisrevelations privacy andsecurity asaresult steps to protect their online Snowden, 39% have taken Of thoseaware ofEdward about Edward Snowden 60% ofusershave heard

data collection. moving to legaliseandextend progress,with Britain arguably there hasbeenlittlepolicy committees and legalchallenges many debates, special surveillance state butdespite spotlight ontheworkings ofthe pressure by thecontinued governments were allputunder The American,UKandGerman Policy andLegal Frameworks Changes inGovernment —  compared to oneyear ago online privacy thanthey were more concerned today about two thirds (64%)ofusersare passwords regularly

48 Impact & Achievements 49 CITIZENFOUR interest anddebate” that toward the“considerable public Surveillance Court also nodded The secretive Foreign Intelligence Constitution require.” that ourideals andour privacy protections the civillibertiesand world, whileupholding leadership inthe and sustain our to protect ourselves decisions abouthow some important “We have to make happened withouthim. surveillance would nothave roiling, yearlong debate over But acknowledged that the motivations.” actions orhis on Mr. Snowden’s “...not goingto dwell 2014, Obamasaidhewas without Snowden. InJanuary would benosurveillance debate President Obamaadmitted there United States

9/11 attacks. have beenusedto stop the point to suggest that itcould relied onadisputed NSA talking was lawful andconstitutional, and lawsuit findingthat theprogram American CivilLibertiesUnion William Pauley IIIdismissed an week later U.S. District Judge “almost-.” Then, just a that itisunconstitutional and program inNovember 2015, citing in alawsuit against theNSA Judge Richard Leon issued aruling America whenU.S. District Court Judicial opinionwas dividedacross telephone . he deniedthat NSA was collecting to admitheliedto congress when happen.” Hewas alsolater forced debate, actuallyneededto has generated, someofthe some oftheconversations this acknowledged, “It’s clearthat Intelligence JamesClapper even Director ofNational Snowden’s leakscreated. And soon asIget it. national security. I’llsignitas protects civillibertiesandour the USA Freedom Act. It Glad theSenate finally passed  @POTUS President Obama

— where thespy agency has “upstream” surveillance program ACLU, arguing that theNSA’s went to court represented by the NGO’s and corporates. Wikipedia legal challengeswere initiated by Meanwhile a slew ofadditional Agency’s surveillance powers. oversight ontheNational Security placing real restrictions and Congress have approved abill thirty years that bothhousesof vote, markingthefirst timein over passed withanoverwhelming June, 2015, theUSA Freedom Act program outofthemultitude;In move to reform onesurveillance However, the U.S. Congress did Impact &Achievements Rapporteur on the rightto Cannataci asitsfirst Special Rights Council appointed Joseph In July2015 theUNHuman cables allover thecountry. directly offAT&T’s fiberoptic off hugeamountsofdata has allowed theagency to siphon between AT&T andtheNSA that expansive andsecret partnership program, focused onthe the constitutionality ofthesame on the9thCircuit challenging Frontier Foundation lost acase unconstitutional. The Electronic country -isillegaland coming into andoutof the access to entire Internet streams in thedigital world. for theFourth Amendment known asCalECPA, as avictory Privacy watchdogs hailthebill, government’s data collection. revealed theextent of the to dososince Edward Snowden becoming the fourth state records withoutawarrant, from accessing citizen’s digital preventing thegovernment California passed anew law Then inOctober 2015, international andnational level. of therightto privacy onthe the promotion andprotection make recommendations ensuring privacy, withamandate to

50 Impact & Achievements 51 CITIZENFOUR European Court ofJustice and the cases intheBritish courts, the International initiated aseriesof coalition including Privacy NGOs intheDon’tSpy OnUs programmes exposed. Agroup of legality ofthesurveillance used by civilsocietyto test the Snowden disclosures have been to theNSA data pools.The the NSA for ‘unsupervisedaccess’ Headquarters) hadrecently asked Government Communications relevant since theGCHQ(UK intelligence hearing,especially Britain helditsfirst-ever open UK set alegalprecedent intheUK and PRISM programme. The casehas on Britishcitizens through theNSA for receiving private information acted unlawfully for seven years Tribunal found that GCHQhad secretive Investigatory Powers International amongothersat the One earlycasebrought by Privacy are expected in2016. Judgements inthesecases of surveillance inEurope. overrule thepermittablescale surveillance capabilitiesand to potentially curtailGCHQ’s mass European Court ofHumanRights

majority there isa lotstill to do. government still holdingasmall butwiththe Charter’ ‘Snooper’s will water down thisattempt at a It now looks likely that parliament for the government to reconsider. criticizing thedraft billandcalling Committee ofParliament once supineIntelligence Services the legislation, withthechairof also raised seriousconcerns over agencies to account. MPshave additional powers to holdthe surveillance. Parliament willget will now signoffonwarrants for legislation. Judgesnotpoliticians is significantlyimproved inthe operate inthedarkandoversight have accepted they cannolonger shifted. The intelligence agencies Yet, thetone ofthedebate has democracy. powers ofany advanced most sweeping surveillance UK’s intelligence agenciesthe of legislation that would give the Investigatory Powers Bill,apiece is now presented withthedraft Snowden exposed. Parliament surveillance programmes that the legalityofmost intrusive attempting to legislate to justify court, theUKgovernment is intelligence agenciespowers in With civilsocietychallengingthe against theintelligence agencies. is thefirst timetheIPThasruled Impact &Achievements interests anddiplomats. German and European corporate with theNSA to spy onboth 2015 that theBNDhadcolluded revealed evidence inSpring A federal investigative committee the BND. the role ofGermany’s own by later revelations, highlighting mobile phonewas complicated tapping ofChancellor Merkel’s of thepoliticalclass to theNSA Germany. Early outrage onbehalf highly polarized issue in state surveillance becamea During theperiodofthisproject, Germany

increasingly divided. increasingly divided. surveillance, thedebate became in favour ofgreater state increasingly tiedinto positions With many politicians whistleblowers. with materials provided by would penalisemediaworking government withaprovision that law was launchedby the second attempt at adata retention charged withtreason -and the investigation committee was covering theGermanNSA-federal government rose, ablogger As resulting tensions withinthe

52 Impact & Achievements 53 broadcasters, thelargest public is aconsortium ofGerman public developed ARDwebsite (ARD coverage onthespecially The debate received headline testimony to the NSA-committee. importance ofSnowden giving well asemphasizing the political asylum inGermany as Snowden may beableto secure the possibility that Edward The event cruciallytouched upon that heispersonallyfollowing up. whistleblowers intheGermanlaw particular better provisions for issues raised inthedebate. In NDR’s chairmantook upkey before thenational broadcast, television company NDRjust discussion hosted by the of apoliticalscreening andpanel The samemonth,asaresult state intrusioninto privacy. the publicremain sceptical of society actioninGermany where also helpedto galvanize civil attempted to hideit.The filmhas political establishment has period where theGerman the visibilityofthisissue, ina CITIZENFOUR hashelpedto raise programmes ofmass surveillance. of GermansopposetheNSA’s and publicpollingshows 81% for theircollusion withtheNSA German intelligence agencies of Europe condemned the In October 2015, theCouncil CITIZENFOUR

Verizon (whoprovided internet was canceling itscontract with government announced that it example, in2015, theGerman contracts to U.S. companies. For foreign countries to deny large revelations seemto beprompting U.S. companies. Additionally, the willing to store theirdata with 2016 with foreign customers less between $22and$180billionby cloud computing industry revelations could cost theU.S. ,found that the Foundation, abusiness-friendly Technology andInnovation understated. The Information Snowden revelations cannotbe business intheU.S. ofthe In financial terms, theimpacton open to change. emerging asperhapsthemost the business sector isnow failure to protect customers data, surveillance orignorant oftheir either complicit withstate Portrayed inthefilmas too often governments orwithcustomers? privacy, would they sidewith a stark choice; over issues of CITIZENFOUR gave corporations The journalismaround andin Business “NotAsUsual” November 232015. accompanied theTVpremiere on CITIZENFOUR andSnowden that broadcaster intheworld) on reforms that ensure that letter to Washington urging Twitter, andYahoo sent anopen Google, LinkedIn, , Guardian, Apple, AOL, Facebook, on Snowden’s revelations in The Poitras andGreenwald reported December 2013, sixmonthsafter surveillance order. While in court-sanctioned government down rather thancomply with a first technology company to shut In August 2013 was the the contract to Swedish Saab. activities ascauseandawarded contract to BoeingcitingNSA agencies); Brazil denieda services to someGerman Impact &Achievements encryption. While Applehas demand than ever for built-in They say they are seeinggreater access to theircommunications. the United States government they are fightingefforts to give customers around theworld that Microsoft are working to reassure knowledge —Apple, Googleand often withoutthecompanies’ breached company networks — about how theNSA hadsecretly Stung by Snowden’s revelations independent oversight. transparent andsubjectto proportionate to therisks, are clearlyrestricted by law, government surveillance efforts guarantee ofprivacy. undermine every phoneusers believes would fundamentally operating system whichhe into theirIphone ‘back door’ government requests for a that hewas fightingoffUS to allcustomers to inform them in late 2013. Hewrote aletter something unthinkable, even of Apple, , did In February 2016 theCEO encrypting emaileasier. browser that could make a new extension for theChrome the iPhone, Googleistesting security operating system for introduced anew high

54 Impact & Achievements 55 CITIZENFOUR with CITIZENFOUR. of working that sheevolved the inter-disciplinary way visual journalism,itembraces expanding thelanguageof commission shortfilms Conceived asaunitto Schnack andCharlotte Cook. in 2015 withcollaborators AJ division calledFieldofVision launched avisualjournalism journalism project, Laura development ofthisinnovative long-term. Asafurther across arange ofissues inthe ‘fierce, adversarial journalism’ short term anddedicated to launched by Snowden inthe report ontheNSA documents online platform originallyto launch, in2014, an Greenwald andJeremy Scahillto partnered withjournalists Glenn post-CITIZENFOUR. She Laura hasbeenhighlyactive including screenings ofthefilm. mass surveillance, somestill continuing theirwork to counter Privacy International are Foundation, Amnesty and Freedom ofthePress the campaignsuchasACLU, The civilsocietypartnersto Work Still To Do of years. been filming over anumber whoshehas series calledAsylum about finish anepisodicdocumentary Laura iscurrently working to Dave Eggers. and writers Kate Crawford and as Hito Steyerl andAiWeiwei contributions from artists such Surveillance) features For LivingUnderTotal the exhibition (ASurvival Guide The bookwhichaccompanies Prison, occupation, andtorture. program, GuantánamoBay the war onterror, theU.S. drone including mass surveillance, filmmaker buildson topics work asanartist-journalist- immersive installation ofnew installation “Astro Noise.” Her for AmericanArtwithher at New York’s Whitney Museum In February 2016 Laura opened Impact &Achievements Photo from the

56 Impact & Achievements 57 CITIZENFOUR take unprecedented coordinated space for civil societygroups to . The filmhasgiven what they meanfor fundamental of theSnowden disclosures and accessible andfascinating account giving awideraudience an society actionacross theglobe- The film hasgalvanised civil privacy beinginvaded. behaviour to avoid their the chance to modifytheir publicly avowed givingpeople hidden from citizens isnow likely. Surveillance that was once debate isactive andlegislation process, inmany countries the surveillance willbealengthy While rolling backonmass view ofhistory allows. appreciated untilthelong actions may notbetruly The implications ofSnowden’s sustained efforts. policies requires long-term and government reform onthese privacy andmass surveillance, understanding oftheissues of significantly raised visibilityand and GlennGreenwald has associated work ofLaura Poitras Whilst CONCLUSION and the CITIZENFOUR andthe

and therole oftheUSinworld. dangers ofgovernment age, therole ofjournalism,the concepts ofprivacy inadigital challenged usto thinkthrough the expanding justice. The film on creating conditions for injustice, conversation aboutinequalityand Amid agrowing global CITIZENFOUR offered oneanswer. telling oneperson’s story, simplicity ofsittinginoneroom, Through theelegance and access to fundamentalrights. functioning democracies, and propel more opportunity, better and filminparticular, cando to People often askwhat art, been successful. these legalactionshave already of theseprogrammes. Someof legal actionsto prove theillegality Cara Mertes, Director, Just FilmsFord Foundation — “ Peer Review Committee — empathy meetandbecome irrefutable. experience ofengagement where authenticityand is theheartbeat ofartistic expression, creating an This kind ofdeeplyhumane, committed practice world inways we are onlybeginning to understand. out inindividuallives” hasquite literally changedour complex, contradictory globalforces asthey play Poitras’ decisionto usecinemato “understand CITIZENFOUR isfilmmaking asanactofjustice.” focused CITIZENFOUR focused

CITIZENFOURFILM.COM/CONTACT CONTACT FACEBOOK.COM/SEARCH/TOP/?Q=CITIZENFOUR FOLLOW CITIZENFOURFILM.COM/TRAILER TRAILER CITIZENFOURFILM.COM FILM WATCH THE Impact &Achievements 58 59 The Team 60 THE TEAM The Team 61 CITIZENFOUR The Team FILMMAKER THE Service. Shehastaught 2014 for Public journalism, and shared in the Award disclosures won theGeorge Polk surveillance basedonSnowden’s Her reporting onNSA mass relocated to Berlin in2012. seized at theU.S. border, she protect herfootage from being traveled internationally. To the U.S. border eachtimeshe detained andinterrogated at and, through 2012, shewas placed heronasecret watchlist In 2006,theU.S. government Fellow andCreative Advisor. Documentary Labsasbotha attended theSundance Institute and aPeabody Award. Shehas Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthurFellowship, honors for herwork, including panelist. Shehasreceived many Laura isafilmmaker, artist and Cinematographer Director/Producer/ LAURA POITRAS for national security exploring inherfilmmaking. on thethemesshehasbeen immersive installations that build create anenvironment of American Art,where shewill at theWhitney Museumof her first solomuseum exhibition Intercept. In2016, shewillhave she isco-founder ofThe Greenwald andJeremy Scahill, Foundation. AlongwithGlenn of theFreedom of thePress Universities, andisontheboard filmmaking at Yale andDuke Brenda Coughlin Distribution Producer Weyermann, Tom Quinn Soderbergh, JeffSkoll, Diane David Menschel,Steven Executive Producers Katy Scoggin Co-Producers Dirk Wilutzky Producers OF THETEAM MEMBERS OTHER KEY

62 The Team 63 CITIZENFOUR helped organize screenings The privacy software company F-Secure in theendcredits of thefilm. to theprivacy tools referenced their website anddirects viewers Promoted film extensively on Electronic Frontier Foundation affiliate Amnesty International. Big Brother Watch andcoalition International, OpenRightsGroup, speakers inparticularPrivacy strategy andprovide venues and helping devise andexecute coalition were very active in Fawkes. Somemembersofthe with Conservative bloggerGuido MP andaright-of-centre event David Morrissey andChrisBryant introduced by actor anddirector for HumanRightsthat was event for theLabourCampaign Hosted screenings includingan Don’t Spy onusCoalition (UK) in theirpast. extent greater thanany otherfilm of screenings andevents, to an ACLU sponsored numerous series American CivilLibertiesUnion ACTIVATE PARTNERS THAT The Team News in theDigitalAge. andReportGather the Journalists’ Right to White Houseto Respect RightToReport: Callon the campaign to supportthe sent to date) andatwitter Rights (over 1,600letters Protect Whistle-Blower Our Democracy and to “Tell Congress: Preserve letter writingcampaign Developed anonline Participant Media in theUnited States. all theencryptionworkshops and screenings, aswell as hosted many specialevents with Participant Mediaand they collaborated extensively the Press Foundation and board oftheFreedom of Laura Poitras sitsonthe Press Foundation Freedom ofthe in supportofthefilm. mainstream press adverts trade press andtook out They alsohelpedto generate and invite industry peers.

Information Program. portfolios at the OpenSociety Intellectual Property Reform Digital CivilLibertiesand Vera Franz whooversees the Germany. The team worked with funded thecampaignwork in The OpenSocietyFoundation Open SocietyFoundation the US. Foundation around thefilmin work ofFreedom ofthePress change. They supported the inspires andcompels social dedicated to entertainment that film’s US co-producers, is Participant Media,oneofthe Participant Media and his89Up team. surveillance expert Mike Harris enabling theteam to hire engagement work intheUK, Rowntree fundedthepolitical Rowntree Reform Trust engagement work intheUK. support for thepublicandpolitical of thefilmandalsoprovided major Bertha were earlyfunders Bertha Foundation

64 The Team 65 CITIZENFOUR ORGANOGRAM (Germany) PIFFL Medien (UK &Ireland) Channel 4 Dorothy Byrne, (UK &Ireland) Artificial Eye BRITDOC Films (US) HBO Documentary broadcast premiere: International Participant Media(US) Management: Film andDistribution Radius TWC (US) Lead distributor: DISTRIBUTION

(Germany) Claudia Tomassini Nancy Willen (US) Ryan Werner (US) Elizabeth Benjamin(UK) Press &PublicRelations: (Germany) PIFFL Medien Radius TWC (US) and Marketing: Digital Communications Praxis Films Brenda Coughlin, Social Media: Political Strategy and Distribution Producer; Luke Moody, BRITDOC Jess Search and Distribution Strategy: Management; Impact and Distribution Distribution; Film International The Team

International Eric King,Privacy Advisor: 89UP Advocacy Executive, Charlene Badibanga, Advocacy andEvents: Content Editor, 89UP Caroline Christie, and SocialMedia: Online Content Josh Feldberg, 89UP Social MediaStrategist: Mike Harris,CEO89UP : and Strategic Government Relations UK Team CAMPAIGN IMPACT

89UP Advocacy Executive, Charlene Badibanga, Advocacy andEvents: Mike Harris,CEO89UP Campaign Consultant: and SusanneLang Anne Roth Campaign leads: Privacy Consultants, Germany International ACLU, Amnesty Trevor Timm Foundation Freedom ofthePress US

66 The Team 67 CITIZENFOUR —Fiscal sponsorshipthough —Participant Media. —BR (Germany) —NDR (Germany) —BRITDOC Circle Fund —Channel 4 Fund —BRITDOC BerthaJournalism —Sundance Institute —Vital Projects Fund Production Funders $2.1M USD PRODUCTION BUDGET Women Make Movies Documentary FilmProgram

— —Open SocietyFoundation —Wallace Action Fund —Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust —Bertha Foundation Impact CampaignFunders $170,000 USD BUDGET IMPACT CAMPAIGN influencer screenings. marketing onissues, and outreach, workshops, digital explicitly for targeted audience and HBOwere alsoused of RADiUS-TWC, Participant, North AmericanP&A budgets supported thecampaign.The support from Ford Foundation In addition,direct andindirect (Tides Foundation)

The Team 68 69 CITIZENFOUR Press 70 PRESS Press 71 CITIZENFOUR Press worth-celebrating amy-davidson/is-CITIZENFOUR- http://www.newyorker.com/news/ Deserved ItsOscar Why CITIZENFOUR 2/22/2015 Amy Davidson Magazine 72 Press 73 necessity-CITIZENFOUR/ http://www.thenation.com/article/ of CITIZENFOUR The Necessity 2/23/2015 Ali Gharib CITIZENFOUR

Press 74 Press 75 CITIZENFOUR Press html#axzz40ulTusRG 00144feabdc0. cms/s/2/907abc2c-7fa6-11e4-adff- http://www.ft.com/ Laura Poitras Women of2014: 12.20.14

76 Press 77 list-293593 our-favorite-films-2014-staff- http://www.newsweek.com/ of 2014 Our Favorite Films 12.21.14 — Walters Johnston, andJohn Cooper, David Cay Wapshott, Matthew Zoe Schlanger, Nicholas Dulai, Lucy Westcott, Goodman, Shaminder Schonfeld,Leah McGrath Lauren Walker, Zach Elder, ElijahWolfson, Paula Mejia,Sean CITIZENFOUR

Press 78 Press 79 CITIZENFOUR Press his-NSA-leaks.html Snowden-the-true-story-behind- culture/film/11185627/Edward- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ his NSA leaks the truestory behind Edward Snowden: 10.24.14 Mick Brown Magazine Saturday Telegraph

80 Graffiti art by Victor Ving Huge cheers to all our partners who have worked together over the past year to realise this program.

In particular we would like to recognise the significant work invested in the Impact reports which were produced by Erin Sorenson in collaboration with the team at BRITDOC and then lovingly visualised by Involved Design in London. HUGE The Impact Award trophies which were designed and manufactured by Susan Banks, Professor at New World School of the Arts in Miami and photographed by Arion Doerr in New York.

Finally the graffiti art made for this year’s announcement was created by Victor Ving, working on location at the Container Yard in Los Angeles. In a film concept devised by BRITDOC and executed by Director and DOP CHEERS Dallas Sterling and Producer Shelby Hill.

Thank you one and all.