Laura Poitras — Producer (10)
Shooting the Mafia (2019) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Shooting the Mafia
other title: 슈팅 마피아 / La fotógrafa de la Mafia
Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a brutal murder. Documenting the barbaric rule of the Italian Mafia, she was an unwavering witness to its crimes. Her art and courage helped end the horrific and bloody reign of the Corleonesi clan.
XY Chelsea (2019) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
XY Chelsea
director: 蒂姆·特拉弗斯·霍金斯 actor: 布拉德利·曼宁 / 南希·霍兰德
other title: 女兵切尔西 / 变性切尔西
The historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Shot over two years and featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes verité with Manning, the film picks up on the momentous day in May when she leaves prison and follows her through her journey of discovery.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) [Movie] Douban Eggplant.place IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
director: RaMell Ross actor: Latrenda 'Boosie' Ash / Quincy Bryant
other title: 黑尔郡的日与夜 / Hale County, jour après jour
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming.
The Oath (2010) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Oath
director: 劳拉·珀特阿斯 actor: 奥萨马·本·拉登 / Salim Hamdan
other title: 誓言 / El juramento
Unraveling like a lush, gripping novel that constantly subverts expectations, The Oath is the interlocking drama of two brothers-in-law, Abu Jandal and Salim Hamdam, whose associations with al Qaeda in the 1990s propelled them on divergent courses. The film delves into Abu Jandal's daily life as a taxi driver in Sana’a, Yemen, and Hamdan’s military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay prison. Abu Jandal and Hamdan’s personal stories—how they came to serve as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard and driver respectively—act as prisms through which to humanize and contextualize a world the Western media demonizes. As Hamdan’s trial progresses, his military lawyers challenge fundamental flaws in the court system. As charismatic Abu Jandal dialogues with his son, Muslim students, and journalists, he generously unveils the complex evolution of his belief system since 9/11.
Exquisitely constructed so multiple threads and time periods commingle seamlessly, and gaining astonishingly intimate access to subjects and information, The Oath illuminates a realm too long misunderstood.
A Night at the Garden (2017) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Night at the Garden
7.7 (12 ratings) director: 马歇尔·柯里 actor: Fritz Kuhn
other title: 美国纳粹之夜 / 庭での夜
In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism – an event largely forgotten from American history.
A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN uses striking archival fragments recorded that night to transport modern audiences into this gathering and shine a light on the disturbing fallibility of seemingly decent people.
Risk (2016) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Risk
director: 劳拉·珀特拉斯 actor: 朱利安·阿桑奇
other title: 风险 / 维基代价
劳拉·珀特阿斯因导演《第四公民》被大众所知。这部影片将关注到另一个在互联网掀起巨浪的人——朱利安·阿桑奇。在一个小小的建筑中被围困了五年, 即使他面临法律上威胁,阻止他所领导的组织和运动, 朱利安•阿桑奇也没有被吓倒。通过拍摄这部影片,导演劳拉发现自己困在了阿桑奇的动机、矛盾和内心之间。
Filmed over six years, Risk (2016) is a character study that collides with a high stakes election year and its controversial aftermath. Cornered in a tiny building for half a decade, Julian Assange is undeterred even as the legal jeopardy he faces threatens to undermine the organization he leads and fracture the movement he inspired. Capturing this story, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle.
In the Absence (2018) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
부재의 기억
7.3 (15 ratings) director: Seung-jun Yi actor: 박근혜 / Yoo An-sil
other title: 正义仍缺席 / 부재의 기억
When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.