Laura Poitras Movies

  • 2019
    Easter Snap

    Easter Snap

    Easter Snap

    42019HD

    With a baited handling of American symbolism, filmmaker RaMell Ross joins five men in the deep South, Alabama, who resurrect the homestead ritual of...

    Easter Snap
  • 2017
    Our New President

    Our New President

    Our New President

    52017HD

    Donald Trump has become a beloved cult figure for many Russians. The short film uses found footage, fake news and state-controlled political...

    Our New President
  • 2018
    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    62018HD

    Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive...

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  • 2017
    Trump's Lobby

    Trump's Lobby

    Trump's Lobby

    72017HD

    Since the election of Donald Trump, there has been a continual flow of high level visitors to the penthouse apartment in Trump Tower. Their arrivals...

    Trump's Lobby
  • 2017
    Meeting Snowden

    Meeting Snowden

    Meeting Snowden

    72017HD

    Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place....

    Meeting Snowden
  • 2018
    Nuuca

    Nuuca

    Nuuca

    72018HD

    In this evocative meditation, a disturbing link is made between the resource extraction industries’ exploitation of the land and violence...

    Nuuca
  • 2017
    Gavin Grimm vs.

    Gavin Grimm vs.

    Gavin Grimm vs.

    52017HD

    In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready...

    Gavin Grimm vs.
  • 2013
    Death of a Prisoner

    Death of a Prisoner

    Death of a Prisoner

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    The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif.

    Death of a Prisoner
  • 2018
    Dancing with Le Pen

    Dancing with Le Pen

    Dancing with Le Pen

    92018HD

    In France’s last presidential election, Marine Le Pen, a right-wing candidate, won over 30 per cent of the vote after an attempt to rebrand a...

    Dancing with Le Pen
  • 2019
    Libre

    Libre

    Libre

    52019HD

    For detained immigrants who can’t pay their bond, for-profit companies like Libre by Nexus offer a path to reunite with their families. But for...

    Libre
  • 2016
    Relatively Free

    Relatively Free

    Relatively Free

    92016HD

    A short film following the release of journalist and activist Barrett Brown from prison, and his drive across Texas to a halfway house. 'Relatively...

    Relatively Free
  • 2020
    Landfall

    Landfall

    Landfall

    02020HD

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

    Landfall
  • 2023
    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

    02023HD

    Lina’s plan was simple. She wanted to become a camerawoman. She liked filming details of life and people around her, mainly during a bright...

    5 Seasons of Revolution
  • 2016
    Like

    Like

    Like

    3.8752016HD

    In our current world, where worth is often gauged by online popularity, an economy has developed for paying for followers and likes. Through access...

    Like
  • 2017
    Graven Image

    Graven Image

    Graven Image

    02017HD

    Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia’s Stone...

    Graven Image
  • 2006
    My Country, My Country

    My Country, My Country

    My Country, My Country

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

    My Country, My Country
  • 2018
    The Earth is Humming

    The Earth is Humming

    The Earth is Humming

    5.52018HD

    In Japan, earthquake preparedness is a way of life — and a full- blown industry.

    The Earth is Humming
  • 2018
    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    02018HD

    A group of NYPD officers risk their livelihood to expose the truth about illegal quota practices in police departments.

    Crime + Punishment
  • 2023
    How to Have an American Baby

    How to Have an American Baby

    How to Have an American Baby

    02023HD

    An intimate and kaleidoscopic voyage behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the U.S.

    How to Have an American Baby
  • 2019
    Cablestreet

    Cablestreet

    Cablestreet

    02019HD

    A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication between an expert and a machine. Time succumbs to...

    Cablestreet