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Nothing to Hide
4 / 5
Independent Franco-German documentary by Marc Meillassoux and Mihaela Gladovic. Dismantles the 'I have nothing to hide' argument via a 30-day voluntary surveillance experiment on an ordinary subject.
- Directors
- Marc Meillassoux, Mihaela Gladovic
- Released
- 2017
- Writers
- Marc Meillassoux, Mihaela Gladovic
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Language
- French
Available on
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Watch this if
Audiences new to surveillance discourse — the experimental format makes the demonstration concrete without jargon. Excellent awareness material.
Skip this if
Viewers wanting a technical briefing on state surveillance programs. This is a personal documentary essay, not Citizenfour.
Key takeaways
- The 'Mister X' experiment — a consenting subject monitored for 30 days — is the central device and works better than any speech could.
- Available under Creative Commons, free, translated in seven languages: a pedagogical object designed to circulate.
- The right film to show in class, internal training, or to a friend who keeps repeating 'I have nothing to hide.'
Notes
Pair with Citizenfour (Poitras) for the state-journalistic layer, and Permanent Record (Snowden) for the autobiographical version.