Laura Poitras Quotes

That's a question you'd have to present to people in the White House. — Laura Poitras

When the most important decisions are made in secret, we lose our ability to check the powers that control. — Laura Poitras

In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals ... — Laura Poitras

In all my work, I'm interested in trying to understand the human consequences of government policies. — Laura Poitras

The free software community should be supported more widely. I'm totally in solidarity with what they do. — Laura Poitras

I don't speak Arabic - I know a little to get by, but that's all. — Laura Poitras

I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical. — Laura Poitras

It's not everyday that a whistleblower is actually willing to be identified. — Laura Poitras

People are starting to understand that the devices we carry with us reveal our location, who we're talking to, and all kinds of other information. — Laura Poitras

Documentarian Laura Poitras has crafted a first-rate Hitchcockian-type thriller telling the story of Edward Snowden. — Leonard Maltin