New York Film Festival director Kent Jones announced the biggest news of this year’s festival. Laura Poitras’s documentary “CITIZENFOUR” — about Edward Snowden’s saga of leaking revelations about the NSA’s far-reaching and systemic spying on global citizens — will premiere on Friday, October 10 as part of the festival’s Main Slate program.
Not only is it the first time in the festival’s 52-year history that a film has been added to the Main Slate after its selections were announced, but “CITIZENFOUR’S” premiere at the New York Film Festival steals significant thunder from other recently preceding festivals such as Toronto and Telluride.
