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Critique 2: Knowledge and Power

Aleksander Huser / April 14, 2015

Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning documentary offers a unique insight into Edward Snowdens historic whistle-blowing.

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Modern Times Review is the European cinepolitical documentary film platform and web publication that reviews international documentaries and non-fiction books, and publishes essays/commentaries. Our international editorial focus is threefold: politics (power, conflicts, and the military industrial complex), control (state, surveillance, finance, and big tech), and ecological/existential issues.

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