This film is about the vast, invisible world of government secrecy. By focusing on classified secrets, the government's ability to put information out of sight if it would harm national security, Secrecy explores the tensions between our safety as a nation, and our ability to function as a democracy.
Direction
Galison and Moss weave dense history into gripping narrative
Editing
Classified footage cuts create genuine unease
Director
Peter Galison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directors Galison and Moss are Harvard professors—Galison in physics/history of science, Moss in filmmaking—making this rare academic crossover that actually works.
Released during the late Bush era, the film anticipated Snowden revelations by five years; post-2013 viewers experience it as eerily prophetic rather than speculative.
US
