Citizenfour’s Oscar Highlights National Divide Over Snowden

(Before It's News)

Citizenfour, a film documenting interviews director Laura Poitras conducted with whistle-blower Edward Snowden, won the Oscar for best documentary Sunday. The talks took place as Snowden blew the lid off the United States National Security Agency’s surveillance activities. The award highlights the divisions in the U.S. over Snowden’s actions and the question of national security. “The disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don’t only expose a threat to our privacy but to our democracy itself,” Poitras said in her acceptance speech.

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