Amateurs' film on Snowden on Youtube
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Four amateur filmmakers in Hong Kong produced the first film on US whistle-blower Edward Snowden, a five-minute thriller depicting the nail-biting intrigue surrounding the intelligence leaker when he was hiding in the city, Agence France Presse reported.
The wire agency reported that the movie was completed with a limited budget. It imagines the drama which must have unfolded in Hong Kong leading up to Snowden’s bombshell leaks on vast US surveillance programmes.
“To be the first one to really do anything about it...it was quite invigorating,” cinematographer and editor Edwin Lee told news agency AFP of the YouTube film that used local actors and shaky camera work reminiscent of the Bourne spy thriller series.
Snowden, an IT technician contracted to the National Securitiy Agency, fled to Hong Kong in May. He left Hong Kong for Russia, with the ultimate plan to live in exile in Equador.
