Director: Kirsten Johnson, Andreas Burgess, Johanna Hamilton |
Writer: Johanna Hamilton, Gabriel Rhodes |
Run time: 80 minutes |
Release date: 2014-04-18 |
Floor location: Documentary |
Format: DVD |
Production Countries: United States of America |
Spoken Languages: English |
Forty years before WikiLeaks and the NSA scandal, there was Media, Pennsylvania. In 1971, eight activists plotted an intricate break-in to the local FBI offices to leak stolen documents and expose the illegal surveillance of ordinary Americans in an era of anti-war activism. In this riveting heist story, the perpetrators reveal themselves for the first time, reflecting on their actions and raising broader questions surrounding security leaks in activism today.