Review of Citizenfour (2014) by Shawn E — 08 Sep 2015

A nice look behind the start of the NSA fallout by Snowden. A quick re-edit could of cut 20 mins or so of dead time though.

This review of Citizenfour (2014) was written by Shawn E on 08 Sep 2015.

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