Laura Poitras, director of Citizen Four, raises her voice in the midst of COVID lockdown to denounce the violence and violation of human rights by the cyber surveillance company NSO Group. Brian Eno's music immerses us in an atmosphere of terror and accompanies the investigation of Forensic Architecture, a research group that has been denouncing the abuse of power by governments and private corporations in the digital world for years.
A visual study by award-winning director Laura Poitras of the cyber surveillance company NSO Group, responsible for the Pegasus software that spies on journalists, political dissidents and activists around the world. Despite the increase in complaints, NSO Group continues to act with total impunity.
- Special session with the double screening of the short films Terror Contagion and Quipu Project. Both short films deepen on how two communities have suffered abuse by governments and corporations, but also how they have used technology to confront it.
- Door opening, 9:00 PM
- Starting time, 9:30 PM
- Free access with prior registration.
Docs Hedy Lamarr 2024
Cinema, science, technology and feminism join hands in the Documentary Film Series Docs Hedy Lamarr 2024, which takes place at the Canòdrom - Center for Digital and Democratic Innovation during the month of June. In this fourth edition, we explore the physical effects of technology beyond digital life: from how violence is exercised on feminized bodies, to how people reappropriate technology and organize to claim their rights.
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