I Enjoyed Watching CitizenFour (The Documentary About Edward Snowden)

Edward Snowden (left) shows journalist Glenn Greenwald (right) how the encryption system works before sharing his leaked documents. Image via Spoilpolis.com.

Edward Snowden (left) shows journalist Glenn Greenwald (right) how the encryption system works before sharing his leaked documents.

I am probably quite late (the film was released in October 2014) but it just happens that I have seen CitizenFour tonight. “Citizenfour,” the codename that Snowden gave himself prior to getting public with the NSA spying scandal, is a very interesting documentary, impartial, objective, as any documentary should be, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at this year’s 2015 Oscars. Continue reading →