United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program is a crime, history and documentary film directed by Michael Kirk, running about 114 minutes.

What it’s about. Last year Edward Snowden downloaded tens of thousands of top-secret documents from a highly secure government computer network. The revelations that followed touched off a fierce debate over the massive surveillance operations conducted by the National Security Agency. Through exclusive interviews with intelligence insiders, cabinet officials, and government whistle-blowers, the film reveals how the U.S. government came to monitor the communications of millions of Americans and to collect billions of records on ordinary people around the world.

Who’s in it. United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program stars Glenn Greenwald as Himself, Will Lyman as Narrator and Michael Hayden as Himself.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.4/10, United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program page.

If you liked it. Fans of United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and The Dark Knight.