Laura Poitras Movies
- 2019
Easter Snap
Easter Snap42019HD
With a baited handling of American symbolism, filmmaker RaMell Ross joins five men in the deep South, Alabama, who resurrect the homestead ritual of...
- 2017
Our New President
Our New President52017HD
Donald Trump has become a beloved cult figure for many Russians. The short film uses found footage, fake news and state-controlled political...
- 2018
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hale County This Morning, This Evening62018HD
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive...
- 2017
Trump's Lobby
Trump's Lobby72017HD
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...
- 2017
Meeting Snowden
Meeting Snowden72017HD
Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place....
- 2018
Nuuca
Nuuca72018HD
In this evocative meditation, a disturbing link is made between the resource extraction industries’ exploitation of the land and violence...
- 2017
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...
- 2013
Death of a Prisoner
Death of a Prisoner42013HD
The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif.
- 2018
Dancing with Le Pen
Dancing with Le Pen92018HD
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...
- 2019
Libre
Libre52019HD
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...
- 2016
Relatively Free
Relatively Free92016HD
A short film following the release of journalist and activist Barrett Brown from prison, and his drive across Texas to a halfway house. 'Relatively...
- 2020
Landfall
Landfall02020HD
Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What...
- 2023
5 Seasons of Revolution
5 Seasons of Revolution02023HD
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...
- 2016
Like
Like3.8752016HD
In our current world, where worth is often gauged by online popularity, an economy has developed for paying for followers and likes. Through access...
- 2017
Graven Image
Graven Image02017HD
Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia’s Stone...
- 2006
My Country, My Country
My Country, My Country72006HD
The director follows a Sunni Arab doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.
- 2018
The Earth is Humming
The Earth is Humming5.52018HD
In Japan, earthquake preparedness is a way of life — and a full- blown industry.
- 2018
Crime + Punishment
Crime + Punishment02018HD
A group of NYPD officers risk their livelihood to expose the truth about illegal quota practices in police departments.
- 2023
How to Have an American Baby
How to Have an American Baby02023HD
An intimate and kaleidoscopic voyage behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the U.S.
- 2019
Cablestreet
Cablestreet02019HD
A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication between an expert and a machine. Time succumbs to...