Reality movie storyline. In May 2017, Reality Winner became aware of leaked classified government documents pertaining to Russian interference in the 2016 US elections. Following her discovery, she was approached by FBI agents who questioned her about her possible involvement in the leak. Ultimately, Winner admitted to being responsible for disclosing the document.
The media responded with a mixture of praise and criticism for her actions, while The Intercept, the publication implicated in the leak, faced scrutiny as well. As a consequence, Winner was charged and received a four-year prison sentence under the Espionage Act. She was placed on supervised release until November 2024. Notably, the leaked document gained significant importance as it was presented as evidence on the Senate floor.
Reality is a 2023 American crime drama film directed by Tina Satter from a screenplay by Satter and James Paul Dallas. It is based on the FBI interrogation transcript of American intelligence leaker Reality Winner, which Satter previously staged as the play Is This a Room. It stars Sydney Sweeney as Winner, with Josh Hamilton and Marchánt Davis in supporting roles.
The film Reality, which is about that hour when Reality Winner, a folk hero according to some and a treacherous spy according to others, was interrogated by the FBI, is a political thriller that will be watched with raptures. One evening in the summer of 2017, the FBI raids Reality Winner’s home.
Young Winner teaches yoga, served in the army, but the real issue is that she leaked to the media a secret report on Russian interference in the 2016 US elections. Using the transcript of Winner’s FBI interrogation verbatim, the film is both tense and ordinary, dark and funny, and very fluid with its realistic structure. Reality, directed by Tina Salter based on her own play Is This A Room, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. We remember Sydney Sweeney, who successfully portrayed Winner, from the TV series Euphoria and The White Lotus.
Reality (2023)
Directed by: Tina Satter
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton, Marchánt Davis, Benny Elledge, John Way, Kristoffe Brodeur, Allan Anthony Smith
Screenplay by: Tina Satter, James Paul Dallas
Production Design by: Tommy Love
Cinematography by: Paul Yee
Film Editing by: Jennifer Vecchiarello, Ron Dulin
Costume Design by: Enver Chakartash
Art Direction by: Casey McCoy
Music by: Nathan Micay
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: HBO Films
Release Date: February 18, 2023 (Berlinale), May 29, 2023 (United States)
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