Laura Poitras
/Overview
Laura Poitras born Boston, MA February 2, 1964. Documentary filmmaker; Received International Human rights von Ossietzky award for revealing US war documents and spying, 2014. Directed films My Country, My Country on US occupation of Iraq, 2006; The Oath, about the war on terror, 2010.
Quotations
“When the most important decisions are made in secret, we lose our ability to check the powers that control.” (Feb. 23, 2015; photo hollywoodreporter.com)