Meeting Snowden

Meeting Snowden

49 mins | Documentary | April 19, 2017

Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place. Apparently, Russia is interfering in the US presidential elections while it mourns the death of its ambassador to Turkey. Snowden carefully chooses his interviews, so nobody really knows something about him. As the world prepares for Christmas, they gather to discuss the only issue that matters, their common struggle: how to save democracy.

Meeting Snowden

49 mins | Documentary | April 19, 2017

Meeting Snowden
Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place. Apparently, Russia is interfering in the US presidential elections while it mourns the death of its ambassador to Turkey. Snowden carefully chooses his interviews, so nobody really knows something about him. As the world prepares for Christmas, they gather to discuss the only issue that matters, their common struggle: how to save democracy.
Producers ARTE GEIE, Zadig Productions
Original title Meeting Snowden
Directors Alissa Amblard, Flore Vasseur
Writers Flore Vasseur

Cast

Marianne Denicourt

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Birgitta Jónsdóttir

as Self - Politician

Lawrence Lessig

as Self - Law Professor

Edward Snowden

as Self - Former NSA Sub-contractor

Laura Poitras

as Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Glenn Greenwald

as Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Barack Obama

as Self - Politician (archive footage)