Laura Poitras Movies
- 2017
American Carnage
American Carnage02017HD
See how alt-right icon Steve Bannon’s years as a documentary filmmaker catapulted him to Breitbart News and the Trump White House.
- 2018
The Earth is Humming
The Earth is Humming5.52018HD
In Japan, earthquake preparedness is a way of life — and a full- blown industry.
- 2018
Lasting Marks
Lasting Marks6.32018HD
The story of sixteen men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher's Britain was told by the police, the prosecution and the...
- 2016
Speaking Is Difficult
Speaking Is Difficult5.52016HD
Harrowing police scanner audios are set against placid landscapes in this urgent treatise on an American epidemic.
- 2012
The Program
The Program92012HD
Filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles William Binney, a 32-year veteran of the National Security Agency who helped design a top-secret program he says is...
- 2003
Flag Wars
Flag Wars4.42003HD
Filmed over four years, this documentary focuses on the impacts of gentrification as gay white professionals move into a largely black working-class...
- 2018
Concussion Protocol
Concussion Protocol62018HD
Constructed from footage of every regular-season concussion in the NFL this past year, this film transforms these collisions with terrifying balletic...
- 2019
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Ghosts of Sugar Land5.72019HD
Shocked when their friend embraces extremism, a group of Muslim Americans in Texas recount their time with him and theories about his fate.
- 2010
The Oath
The Oath7.42010HD
Tells the story of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to...
- 2006
My Country, My Country
My Country, My Country72006HD
The director follows a Sunni Arab doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.
- 2017
Our New President
Our New President52017HD
Donald Trump has become a beloved cult figure for many Russians. The short film uses found footage, fake news and state-controlled political...
- 2019
The Proposal
The Proposal62019HD
When artist-turned-filmmaker Jill Magid learns that the archives of Mexico's most famous architect are being held in a private collection, she...
- 2017
Clowns
Clowns02017HD
The Great Clown Panic of 2016 wasn’t about clowns. It was about you.
- 2019
XY Chelsea
XY Chelsea5.92019HD
The historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Shot over two years and featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes verité with...
- 2018
Discreet Airlift
Discreet Airlift02018HD
In Johnston County, North Carolina, residents seek answers regarding the role their state may have played in the CIA’s torture program
- 2019
Triple-Chaser
Triple-Chaser02019HD
When US border agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians in November 2018, photographs showed that many of those grenades were manufactured by the...
- 2018
Dancing with Le Pen
Dancing with Le Pen92018HD
In France’s last presidential election, Marine Le Pen, a right-wing candidate, won over 30 per cent of the vote after an attempt to rebrand a...
- 2013
Death of a Prisoner
Death of a Prisoner42013HD
The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif.
- 2020
Landfall
Landfall02020HD
Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What...
- 2021
Deathtrap on the East River
Deathtrap on the East River02021HD
Ongoing investigation by Laura Poitras and Sean Vegezzi