Laura Poitras Movies

  • 2017
    Conditioned Response

    Conditioned Response

    Conditioned Response

    6.72017HD

    For the past 20 years, ex-Army Ranger and “killology” expert Dave Grossman has been traveling across the US to train police officers on...

    Conditioned Response
  • 2018
    Our New President

    Our New President

    Our New President

    6.52018HD

    The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of...

    Our New President
  • 2023
    How to Have an American Baby

    How to Have an American Baby

    How to Have an American Baby

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    An intimate and kaleidoscopic voyage behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the U.S.

    How to Have an American Baby
  • 2018
    Adversary

    Adversary

    Adversary

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    Carl Paladino is a Trump-supporting real estate magnate with a history of making racist remarks. In 2016, he faced opposition for re-election to the...

    Adversary
  • 2019
    Libre

    Libre

    Libre

    52019HD

    For detained immigrants who can’t pay their bond, for-profit companies like Libre by Nexus offer a path to reunite with their families. But for...

    Libre
  • 2020
    Landfall

    Landfall

    Landfall

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    Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What...

    Landfall
  • 2018
    The Earth is Humming

    The Earth is Humming

    The Earth is Humming

    5.52018HD

    In Japan, earthquake preparedness is a way of life — and a full- blown industry.

    The Earth is Humming
  • 2006
    My Country, My Country

    My Country, My Country

    My Country, My Country

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    The director follows a Sunni Arab doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.

    My Country, My Country
  • 2016
    The Journey

    The Journey

    The Journey

    02016HD

    Field of Vision and The New Yorker have created a six-part episodic documentary, filmed in 2015, that immerses us in the Syrian refugee crisis....

    The Journey
  • 2021
    The Year of the Everlasting Storm

    The Year of the Everlasting Storm

    The Year of the Everlasting Storm

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    Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to...

    The Year of the Everlasting Storm
  • 2016
    Like

    Like

    Like

    3.62016HD

    In our current world, where worth is often gauged by online popularity, an economy has developed for paying for followers and likes. Through access...

    Like
  • 2022
    Relative

    Relative

    Relative

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    A filmmaker unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational trauma in her Italian-American family. As decades of secrets, home movies, and...

    Relative
  • 2023
    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution

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    Lina’s plan was simple. She wanted to become a camerawoman. She liked filming details of life and people around her, mainly during a bright...

    5 Seasons of Revolution
  • 2018
    Nuuca

    Nuuca

    Nuuca

    72018HD

    In this evocative meditation, a disturbing link is made between the resource extraction industries’ exploitation of the land and violence...

    Nuuca
  • 2017
    Gavin Grimm vs.

    Gavin Grimm vs.

    Gavin Grimm vs.

    52017HD

    In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready...

    Gavin Grimm vs.
  • 1989
    Renga

    Renga

    Renga

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    “Renga is a linked-verse form of Japanese poetry that, though still practiced today, reached its peak between the 13th and 16th centuries....

    Renga
  • 2019
    The Trial

    The Trial

    The Trial

    02019HD

    Alka Pradhan, James Connell and Sterling Thomas are lawyers for Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the five men facing the death penalty for plotting the 9/11...

    The Trial
  • 2018
    Lasting Marks

    Lasting Marks

    Lasting Marks

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    The story of sixteen men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher's Britain was told by the police, the prosecution and the...

    Lasting Marks
  • 2017
    Our New President

    Our New President

    Our New President

    52017HD

    Donald Trump has become a beloved cult figure for many Russians. The short film uses found footage, fake news and state-controlled political...

    Our New President
  • 2018
    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment

    6.92018HD

    Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator...

    Crime + Punishment