Month: June 2013

Alex Gibney stopped by The Huffington Post Live last week to talk about leaks, whistleblowers, and their role in light of Edward Snowden’s release of NSA secrets. Joined by Jeremy Scahill (Dirty Wars writer/producer) and Jeff Jarvis, CUNY journalism professor. In light of Snowden’s request to seek asylum from Ecuador, the story of WikiLeaks and… Continue reading Gibney on Snowden, Manning, and leaking

Vote for “Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream,” Jigsaw’s contribution to the PBS series “Why Poverty?” Independent Lens’ Audience Award voting closes June 28. Please help us spread the word! The film is about the moat that America’s richest citizens have constructed around themselves. In roughly the last forty years, the establishment of that… Continue reading Park Avenue up for Independent Lens Audience Award

Alex Gibney hosted a Q&A on the subreddit IAmA, talking about everything from how the film “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks” came about to where he keeps his Oscar. On “Taxi to the Dark Side,” Gibney wrote: I hope that the docs have made me a more empathetic and humble person. I always… Continue reading Reddit AMA with Alex Gibney on leaking

Recently, Alex Gibney stopped by The Colbert Report to talk about Bradley Manning’s ongoing trial. Gibney and Colbert go through the storyline and characters in “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.”