
Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations
Filmed in a Hong Kong hotel room in 2013, this is the interview that introduced the world to Edward Snowden. The 29-year-old former NSA contractor sits down with journalist Glenn Greenwald and explains why he copied thousands of classified documents detailing the agency's mass surveillance programs and handed them to the press. He describes his job, his access, and the moment he decided leaking was worth the risk to his own freedom. Snowden addresses why he chose to reveal his identity immediately rather than remain anonymous, arguing that hiding would only invite speculation and distract from the substance of the disclosures. He talks through what he expects to happen to him, including prosecution and possible extradition, and why he considers that an acceptable cost. The film is plain in its construction, just camera, subject, and interviewer, and its power comes entirely from what Snowden says on record before the story became a global political fight.