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Boston Calling: Getting to Know Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras - Film-maker

17/08/2013

Getting to Know Laura Poitras

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Meet the woman who helped Edward Snowden leak news of top-secret surveillance programmes

Meet the woman who helped Edward Snowden leak news of top-secret surveillance programmes.

Who is Laura Poitras? Hear about the crucial role this American film-maker played in helping Edward Snowden leak news of a top-secret mass surveillance programmes being operated by the US government. Plus, the tech-savvy Americans helping Vietnamese bloggers cover their tracks. 

We investigate why some Americans are giving up their US citizenships and we find out about the 'November Project' - a growing fitness craze that is drawing huge early morning crowds in Boston and other cities across the US and Canada. And, Cuba gets its first English-language bookstore thanks to a New York City native.

(Image: Documentary film-maker Laura Poitras. Credit: Associated Press)

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