Trouble makers: Laura Poitras and the problem of dissent

Alex Danchev

doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12241

Trouble makers: Laura Poitras and the problem of dissent

Alex Danchev

School of International Relations

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This review article considers three works by the distinguished documentary film-maker Laura Poitras: My country, my country (2006); The oath (2010); and the recently released Citizenfour (2014), focusing on the whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Poitras describes these works as a trilogy about American power after 9/11, but they are also about disobedience and resistance, or the problem of dissent. The article argues for the significance (and the virtue) of Poitras's project, as film maker and troublemaker, and for the necessity of what Solzhenitsyn calls civil valour.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	381-392
Journal	International Affairs
Volume	91
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12241
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2015

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