Independent Lens

Protecting Anonymity

Special | 7m 7s

1971 filmmaker Johanna Hamilton joins The Burglary author Betty Medsger and Citizen Four director Laura Poitras to discuss the measures Medsger and the Washington Post took to protect the anonymity of their sources, the Media, PA burglars, who revealed FBI surveillance of American citizens some forty years before the Snowden revelations exposed large-scale NSA surveillance in the digital age.

Aired: 05/17/15

Expired: 04/22/19

Rating: TV-G

Problems Playing Video? | Closed Captioning

When the American dream becomes survival

Blog

When the American dream becomes survival

Acclaimed filmmaker Ramin Bahrani talks about how his short documentary If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis

Read more