Laura Poitras’ Edward Snowden documentary “Citizenfour”picked up the Best Documentary Feature prize at the Oscars Sunday. This hardly came as a surprise to anyone who tuned in to the awards; the film had been pegged as a leading contender for the award ever since its premier at the New York Film Festival back in October.
In her acceptance speech, Poitras thanked Edward Snowden and went on to say: “I share this award with Glenn Greenwald and the many other journalists who are taking risks to expose the truth.”
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