Laura Poitras' Documentary 'CitizenFour' Nominated for Oscar

The documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, Citizenfour, which chronicles the impacts of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s decision to entrust journalists with some of the U.S. spy agency’s most deeply-held secrets has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Not her first nomination, Poitras was previously recognized for her 2006 film, My Country, My Country, about life in Iraq under U.S. occupation.

Announced Thursday morning from Hollywood, the Oscar nomination—which also named Poitras’ co-producers Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky—was greeted enthusiastically by fellow journalists  and filmmakers as well as supporters from across the world.

“Congrats to my brilliant colleague Laura Poitras!!!! CITIZENFOUR nominated for Best Documentary Oscar!” exclaimed Glenn Greenwald, who is both featured in the film and counts as the journalist who has worked most closely with Poitras on the Snowden story since it exploded in the summer of 2013.

And fellow progressive filmmakers behind last’s year nominated film, Dirty Wars, tweeted:

And others:

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