Check out this trailer for Winner, and upcoming new dramatisation of the story of Reality Winner, a former intelligence contractor imprisoned after leaking a top-secret report on Russian hacking. This is not to be confused with the other film based on the subject matter, Reality, which was released last year.
Signature Entertainment are releasing this on digital in November in the UK.
The fascinating true story of Reality Winner, a brilliant young misfit from Texas who finds her morals challenged while serving in the US Air Force and working as an NSA contractor. This is not your traditional whistleblower drama, it is a fresh, comedic, heartfelt, coming-of-age story that follows an idealistic young woman persecuted for standing by her principles. After exposing Russia’s hacking of the 2016 US presidential election, Reality made international headlines when she was sentenced to five and a half years in prison – the longest sentence ever given to someone charged under the Espionage Act for leaking a government document.
Starring Emilia Jones (CODA), Connie Britton (Nashville), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Kathryn Newton (Abigail) and Danny Ramirez (The Falcon and The Winter Soldier), Winner is written by Kerry Howley and directed by Susanna Fogel (Cat Person).
Winner is available on Digital Platforms 4 November. Distributed by Signature Entertainment. Here’s the trailer.
