Laura Poitras Movies
- 2017
The Moderators
The Moderators8.72017HD
In an office in India, a cadre of Internet moderators ensures that social media sites are not taken over by bots, scammers, and pornographers. The...
- 2018
Crime + Punishment
Crime + Punishment6.92018HD
Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator...
- 2017
Picket Line
Picket Line02017HD
One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in...
- 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.
- 2018
Lasting Marks
Lasting Marks6.32018HD
The story of sixteen men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher's Britain was told by the police, the prosecution and the...
- 2019
Cablestreet
Cablestreet02019HD
A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication between an expert and a machine. Time succumbs to...
- 2017
Personal Truth
Personal Truth02017HD
Inspired by Pizzagate, the director re-examines a conspiracy from his youth and uncorks a sometimes funny, sometimes serious meditation on skepticism.
- 2017
Duterte's Hell
Duterte's Hell82017HD
Since taking office last June, President Rodrigo Duterte has been waging a deadly anti-drug campaign. In the past year, police and vigilantes have...
- 2012
The Program
The Program92012HD
Filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles William Binney, a 32-year veteran of the National Security Agency who helped design a top-secret program he says is...
- 2017
Clowns
Clowns02017HD
The Great Clown Panic of 2016 wasn’t about clowns. It was about you.
- 2021
Terror Contagion
Terror Contagion72021HD
A visual study of the investigation by Forensic Architecture into the Israeli cyberweapons manufacturer NSO Group and the use of its Pegasus malware...
- 2018
Adversary
Adversary02018HD
Carl Paladino is a Trump-supporting real estate magnate with a history of making racist remarks. In 2016, he faced opposition for re-election to the...
- 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...
- 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
Discreet Airlift
Discreet Airlift02018HD
In Johnston County, North Carolina, residents seek answers regarding the role their state may have played in the CIA’s torture program
- 2021
Deathtrap on the East River
Deathtrap on the East River02021HD
Ongoing investigation by Laura Poitras and Sean Vegezzi
- 2019
The Trial
The Trial02019HD
Alka Pradhan, James Connell and Sterling Thomas are lawyers for Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the five men facing the death penalty for plotting the 9/11...
- 2018
Concussion Protocol
Concussion Protocol62018HD
Constructed from footage of every regular-season concussion in the NFL this past year, this film transforms these collisions with terrifying balletic...
- 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...
- 1989
Renga
Renga01989HD
“Renga is a linked-verse form of Japanese poetry that, though still practiced today, reached its peak between the 13th and 16th centuries....