"The Spies Among Us" is a rare look into the inner workings of a data-driven surveillance state run by one of the most feared secret police forces the world has ever known - East Germany’s Stasi.

A personal investigation into family secrets by Peter Keup, a Stasi victim-turned-historian, takes a turn when he contacts the men who ran the system. These are the first conversations of their kind between Stasi officers and a victim.

Through these meetings a terrifying mosaic is built of the lengths people go to maintain power in a dictatorship, as well as the indomitable human spirit that seeks truth and self-determination.