Laura Poitras Movies

  • 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
  • 2016
    The Vote

    The Vote

    The Vote

    02016HD

    Strict military rule and international sanctions kept Myanmar sealed off from the world for decades. The Vote observes residents of the bustling city...

    The Vote
  • 2016
    The Journey

    The Journey

    The Journey

    02016HD

    Field of Vision and The New Yorker have created a six-part episodic documentary, filmed in 2015, that immerses us in the Syrian refugee crisis....

    The Journey
  • 2018
    Our New President

    Our New President

    Our New President

    6.52018HD

    The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of...

    Our New President
  • 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
  • 2016
    Relatively Free

    Relatively Free

    Relatively Free

    92016HD

    A short film following the release of journalist and activist Barrett Brown from prison, and his drive across Texas to a halfway house. 'Relatively...

    Relatively Free
  • 2020
    Landfall

    Landfall

    Landfall

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    Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What...

    Landfall
  • 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
    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    7.22018HD

    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
  • 2023
    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

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    Lina’s plan was simple. She wanted to become a camerawoman. She liked filming details of life and people around her, mainly during a bright...

    5 Seasons of Revolution
  • 2017
    Trump's Lobby

    Trump's Lobby

    Trump's Lobby

    6.72017HD

    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
  • 2018
    Lasting Marks

    Lasting Marks

    Lasting Marks

    6.82018HD

    The story of sixteen men put on trial during for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher's Britain was told by the police, the prosecution and...

    Lasting Marks
  • 2018
    Adversary

    Adversary

    Adversary

    02018HD

    Carl Paladino is a Trump-supporting real estate magnate with a history of making racist remarks. In 2016, he faced opposition for re-election to the...

    Adversary
  • 2017
    Meeting Snowden

    Meeting Snowden

    Meeting Snowden

    72017HD

    Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place....

    Meeting Snowden
  • 2019
    The Proposal

    The Proposal

    The Proposal

    62019HD

    When artist-turned-filmmaker Jill Magid learns that the archives of Mexico's most famous architect are being held in a private collection, she...

    The Proposal
  • 2016
    Concerned Student 1950

    Concerned Student 1950

    Concerned Student 1950

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    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
  • 2021
    Deathtrap on the East River

    Deathtrap on the East River

    Deathtrap on the East River

    02021HD

    Ongoing investigation by Laura Poitras and Sean Vegezzi

    Deathtrap on the East River
  • 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
  • 2019
    Triple-Chaser

    Triple-Chaser

    Triple-Chaser

    02019HD

    When US border agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians in November 2018, photographs showed that many of those grenades were manufactured by the...

    Triple-Chaser
  • 2019
    The Trial

    The Trial

    The Trial

    02019HD

    Alka Pradhan, James Connell and Sterling Thomas are lawyers for Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the five men facing the death penalty for plotting the 9/11...

    The Trial