Laura Poitras Movies

  • 2019
    Easter Snap

    Easter Snap

    Easter Snap

    42019HD

    With a baited handling of American symbolism, filmmaker RaMell Ross joins five men in the deep South, Alabama, who resurrect the homestead ritual of...

    Easter Snap
  • 2018
    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    62018HD

    Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive...

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  • 2019
    Days of Black and Yellow

    Days of Black and Yellow

    Days of Black and Yellow

    02019HD

    New York cab and black car drivers are facing economic and emotional hardship in a city dominated by ride-share apps. As these long standing...

    Days of Black and Yellow
  • 2018
    Dancing with Le Pen

    Dancing with Le Pen

    Dancing with Le Pen

    92018HD

    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...

    Dancing with Le Pen
  • 2017
    The Moderators

    The Moderators

    The Moderators

    8.72017HD

    In an office in India, a cadre of Internet moderators ensures that social media sites are not taken over by bots, scammers, and pornographers. The...

    The Moderators
  • 2017
    American Carnage

    American Carnage

    American Carnage

    02017HD

    See how alt-right icon Steve Bannon’s years as a documentary filmmaker catapulted him to Breitbart News and the Trump White House.

    American Carnage
  • 2013
    Death of a Prisoner

    Death of a Prisoner

    Death of a Prisoner

    42013HD

    The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif.

    Death of a Prisoner
  • 2006
    My Country, My Country

    My Country, My Country

    My Country, My Country

    72006HD

    The director follows a Sunni Arab doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.

    My Country, My Country
  • 2010
    The Oath

    The Oath

    The Oath

    7.42010HD

    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...

    The Oath
  • 2019
    Ghosts of Sugar Land

    Ghosts of Sugar Land

    Ghosts of Sugar Land

    5.62019HD

    Shocked when their friend embraces extremism, a group of Muslim Americans in Texas recount their time with him and theories about his fate.

    Ghosts of Sugar Land
  • 2017
    Our New President

    Our New President

    Our New President

    52017HD

    Donald Trump has become a beloved cult figure for many Russians. The short film uses found footage, fake news and state-controlled political...

    Our New President
  • 2017
    Trump's Lobby

    Trump's Lobby

    Trump's Lobby

    72017HD

    Since the election of Donald Trump, there has been a continual flow of high level visitors to the penthouse apartment in Trump Tower. Their arrivals...

    Trump's Lobby
  • 2016
    Concerned Student 1950

    Concerned Student 1950

    Concerned Student 1950

    02016HD

    A series of racist acts prompts three Mizzou students to pick up cameras and take us inside the student movement that brought down their college...

    Concerned Student 1950
  • 2017
    Personal Truth

    Personal Truth

    Personal Truth

    02017HD

    Inspired by Pizzagate, the director re-examines a conspiracy from his youth and uncorks a sometimes funny, sometimes serious meditation on skepticism.

    Personal Truth
  • 2017
    Gavin Grimm vs.

    Gavin Grimm vs.

    Gavin Grimm vs.

    52017HD

    In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready...

    Gavin Grimm vs.
  • 2018
    Crooked Lines

    Crooked Lines

    Crooked Lines

    02018HD

    Meet two women fighting against race-based gerrymandering in North Carolina: Val Applewhite, a plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case, and Moon...

    Crooked Lines
  • 2003
    Flag Wars

    Flag Wars

    Flag Wars

    4.42003HD

    Filmed over four years, this documentary focuses on the impacts of gentrification as gay white professionals move into a largely black working-class...

    Flag Wars
  • 2019
    Cablestreet

    Cablestreet

    Cablestreet

    02019HD

    A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication between an expert and a machine. Time succumbs to...

    Cablestreet
  • 2018
    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    6.92018HD

    Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator...

    Crime + Punishment
  • 2018
    Nuuca

    Nuuca

    Nuuca

    72018HD

    In this evocative meditation, a disturbing link is made between the resource extraction industries’ exploitation of the land and violence...

    Nuuca