Trouble makers : Laura Poitras and the problem of dissent
Abstract
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.
Citation
Danchev , A 2015 , ' Trouble makers : Laura Poitras and the problem of dissent ' , International Affairs , vol. 91 , no. 2 , pp. 381-392 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12241
Publication
International Affairs
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0020-5850Type
Journal item
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© 2015 The Author(s). International Affairs © 2015 The Royal Institute of International Affairs. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12241
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