Fourth Citizen

Ignatius 2022-03-26 09:01:09

The documentary "The Fourth Citizen"
truly presents the beginning and end of the "Prism Gate" that took place in June 2013. The protagonist is Snowden, and the female director is also a participant in this incident. Communication, flew to Hong Kong with a camera, met with Snowden at the hotel, and learned the truth of the matter with the Guardian reporter. Finally, the US Security Agency used technology to monitor the world's phone and email, and uncovered the bombing of the world. The event has aroused global thinking. The documentary presents the situation of Snowden who was in the middle of the incident. Snowden mentioned in the interview that for the sake of the interests of all mankind, he must stand up and he can sacrifice himself. The events developed into a massive political movement, Snowden became a wanted man in the United States, and after his brief stay in Hong Kong, Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who took refuge in Brazil, tried to get the Brazilian government to protect him, but was overruled, and eventually Russia took him in, gave him political asylum for one year, and later three years. What was originally just a lofty ideal, eventually turned into a political game of global debate, and the US government convicted him by packaging him as a "spy". The film is as sensitive as possible, but the U.S. government is separate from media entertainment and has no right to interfere with its release. This is a great civil liberties. The film has won numerous awards and still won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

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Extended Reading
  • Monte 2022-03-31 09:01:04

    Thanks to the French "Cinematic Spring", I finally watched it on the big screen. The visual impact larger than the computer screen moved me badly. When the subtitles came out at the end of the film, the French audience burst into applause in the almost full auditorium.

  • Olen 2022-04-01 09:01:08

    Project Prism is a top-secret electronic surveillance program implemented by the National Security Agency since the Bush era in 2007. The British "Guardian" and the American "Washington Post" reported on June 6, 2013 that the US National Security Agency and the FBI launched a secret surveillance project code-named "Prism" in 2007, which directly entered the US Internet. The company's central server mines data and collects intelligence, and all nine international network giants are involved.

Citizenfour quotes

  • [FIRST TITLE CARDS]: This is the third part of a trilogy about America post 9/11.

  • TITLE CARD]: In 2012, an anonymous source contacts Glen Greenwald.They are not able to secure a communication method, so their correspondence stalls.