German prize for Poitras – Edward Snowden film-maker wins award for international understanding
The award-winning American documentary film-maker Laura Poitras has been voted the winner of this year’s Marion Donhoff prize, decided by the readers of Die Zeit, Germany’s liberal weekly newspaper.
This latest award from German readers is given annually in memory of Countess Donhoff, one of the founders of Die Zeit. It not a prize for journalism, but for increasing international understanding and reconciliation.
Poitras, who lived until recently in Berlin, filmed the events around US National Security
Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations.
Laura Poitras (Photo: Camden, Maine)
She responded to his encrypted messages and was with Snowden in his hotel in Hong Kong, documenting…
