Unveiling CitizenFour, Inside Ferguson, and Protesting Outside SCOTUS

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🗓️ 17 October 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A look at Laura Poitras' new documentary about Edward Snowden, "CitizenFour," a view from inside the continued protests in Ferguson, and barring political protesters outside SCOTUS. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If these young kids in this community can get the world's attention, then I can do anything.
0:07.5	And the least I can do is tell their stories.
0:10.1	A local entertainment reporter embraces her new role covering the front lines of protests in Ferguson.
0:16.6	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:19.4	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:20.5	And I'm Bob Garfield.
0:21.9	The long-awaited film about Edward Snowden shows him as we've never seen him before.
0:27.4	His skin is incredibly pale.
0:29.5	It looks as if all the blood has been drained out of it.
0:32.1	The bed spread is white.
0:33.7	The pillows are white.
0:34.7	The headboard is white.
0:35.6	You have this sense that we're entering a realm
0:38.6	of someone is being prepared for sacrifice. Also, the Supreme Court upholds the right to protest everywhere,
0:46.0	but at the Supreme Court. I got some messages on Twitter and elsewhere saying that this is a
0:51.0	classic example of NIMBY, if not in my backyard.
0:56.3	It's all coming up after this.
1:04.7	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:06.1	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:07.3	And I'm Bob Garfield. More than two months after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by police officers in
1:12.6	Ferguson, Missouri, protests continue to occupy its streets and that of nearby St. Louis.
1:19.4	So far, in what's been dubbed Ferguson October, thousands of trade unionists marched, hundreds
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