Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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In Kirsten Johnson’s The Above a U.S. military surveillance balloon floats on a tether high above Kabul, Afghanistan. Its capacities are both highly classified and deeply mysterious.

Directed by Kirsten Johnson

Read an interview with Iva - theintercept.com/2015/10/06/interview-with-kirsten-johnson-director-of-the-above
See more Field of Vision films at - theintercept.com/fieldofvision