Reality Winner

Reality Winner (2021)

A state of secrets and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers – this is the story of 25-year-old Reality Winner who disclosed a document about Russian election interference to the media and became the number one leak target of the Trump administration.

Date of release
2021-03-17
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Sonia Kennebeck

Casting

Interesting facts

Reality Winner is a 2021 American documentary film, directed and produced by Sonia Kennebeck. Wim Wenders serves as an executive producer. It follows Reality Winner, who leaked a top secret document about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections to the media.

Production

Sonia Kennebeck was drawn to Reality Winner's story, meeting with her mother, Billie Winner-Davis, frustrated with the lack of journalists covering the story, Kennebeck was granted access to the family and document. While in prison, Kennebeck attempted to interview Winner, however, was told by prison authorities her request was denied.

Following the film's premiere at South by Southwest, the film was completely re-edited, upon Winner's release from prison, and sitting down for an interview. Kennebeck turned to Kickstarter to raise funds to complete post-production and to self-distribute the film, after struggling to secure distribution.

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