Laura Poitras Movies
- 2018
Crime + Punishment
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A group of NYPD officers risk their livelihood to expose the truth about illegal quota practices in police departments.
- 2017
Personal Truth
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Inspired by Pizzagate, the director re-examines a conspiracy from his youth and uncorks a sometimes funny, sometimes serious meditation on skepticism.
- 2017
Graven Image
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Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia’s Stone...
- 2018
Crooked Lines
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Meet two women fighting against race-based gerrymandering in North Carolina: Val Applewhite, a plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case, and Moon...
- 2019
Days of Black and Yellow
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New York cab and black car drivers are facing economic and emotional hardship in a city dominated by ride-share apps. As these long standing...
- 2018
Lasting Marks
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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...
- 2023
5 Seasons of Revolution
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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...
- 2017
Duterte's Hell
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Since taking office last June, President Rodrigo Duterte has been waging a deadly anti-drug campaign. In the past year, police and vigilantes have...
- 2021
Terror Contagion
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A visual study of the investigation by Forensic Architecture into the Israeli cyberweapons manufacturer NSO Group and the use of its Pegasus malware...
- 2017
American Carnage
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See how alt-right icon Steve Bannon’s years as a documentary filmmaker catapulted him to Breitbart News and the Trump White House.
- 2018
Adversary
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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...
- 1970
The Rashomon Effect
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What happened when unarmed Black teen Michael Brown was fatally shot by White police officer Darren Wilson?
- 2016
Speaking Is Difficult
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Harrowing police scanner audios are set against placid landscapes in this urgent treatise on an American epidemic.
- 2017
Clowns
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The Great Clown Panic of 2016 wasn’t about clowns. It was about you.
- 2019
The Trial
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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
Discreet Airlift
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In Johnston County, North Carolina, residents seek answers regarding the role their state may have played in the CIA’s torture program
- 1989
Renga
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“Renga is a linked-verse form of Japanese poetry that, though still practiced today, reached its peak between the 13th and 16th centuries....
- 2017
Picket Line
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One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in...
- 2019
Cablestreet
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A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication between an expert and a machine. Time succumbs to...
- 2003
Flag Wars
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Filmed over four years, this documentary focuses on the impacts of gentrification as gay white professionals move into a largely black working-class...