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[02/23/15 - 06:23 AM]
HBO Wins Two Academy Awards(R); "CitizenFour" Receives Oscar(R) for Best Documentary Feature; "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" Receives Oscar(R) for Best Documentary Short
The former premieres tonight at 9:00/8:00c on the pay channel.

[via press release from HBO]

HBO WINS TWO ACADEMY AWARDS(R); "CITIZENFOUR" RECEIVES OSCAR(R) FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE; "CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1" RECEIVES OSCAR(R) FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, 2015 - The HBO Documentary Films presentation CITIZENFOUR received the Academy Award(R) in the category of Best Documentary Feature, and the HBO Documentary Films presentation CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 received the Academy Award(R) in the category of Best Documentary Short at the 87th annual Academy Awards(R), presented at the 2015 ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Feb. 22.

CITIZENFOUR is a real-life international thriller that unfolds by the minute, following director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald's remarkable encounters with Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).

CITIZENFOUR debuts tonight, MONDAY, FEB. 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

RADiUS presents a Praxis Films production; in association with Participant Media and HBO Documentary Films; in coproduction with Bertha Foundation, BRITDOC Circle, Channel 4, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR); directed, filmed and produced by Laura Poitras; edited and produced by Mathilde Bonnefoy; produced by Dirk Wilutzky; co-producers, Katy Scoggin, Kirsten Johnson; executive producers, Steven Soderbergh, Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, David Menschel, Tom Quinn. For HBO: supervising producer, Sara Bernstein; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

The timely documentary CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 spotlights the traumas endured by America's veterans, as seen through the work of the VA's Veterans Crisis Line trained responders as they provide immediate intervention and support in hopes of saving the lives of service members who are struggling or contemplating suicide.

Debuting on HBO in Nov. 2013, CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 was presented in association with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; directed by Ellen Goosenberg Kent; produced by Dana Perry; edited by Geof Bartz, A.C.E.; supervising producer, Jacqueline Glover; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.





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