Tracking Digital Spies In 'Black Code'
Filmmaker Nicholas de Pencier joins us, along with Bill Marczak, senior research fellow at Citizen Lab, to discuss their documentary, “Black Code.” Shown as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, “Black Code” tells the story of the Toronto-based group Citizen Lab, which investigates how governments and others digitally spy on people. The film follows their work, exiled Tibetan monks looking to skirt Chinese surveillance and Brazilian activists who use Youtube to criticize the government.
June 14 at IFC Center (323 6th Ave.) at 7 p.m.:
Nicholas de Pencier will appear along with Bill Marczak and Matt Mitchell, Hacker/Digital security trainer and Founder of CryptoHarlem, for a Q&A following the film's screening. The event will be moderated by Dinah PoKempner, General Counsel for Human Rights Watch.
June 15 at Film Society of Lincoln Center (165 West 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.) at 8:30 p.m.:
Nicholas de Pencier will appear along with Bill Marczak for a Q&A following the film's screening. The event will be moderated by Dinah PoKempner.
