Unsettling Reality: A Shocking True Story of Whistleblowing and Unreality.
"Reality" is a tense and mesmerizing thriller based on the true story of NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, who leaked a document regarding Russian hackers seeking to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and was subsequently sentenced to five years in federal prison. The film, which is based on the play "Is This a Room," is a spellbinding example of a new form of docudrama that melds fact and fiction with meticulous and stunning results. Sydney Sweeney delivers a powerhouse performance as Winner, and director Tina Satter brilliantly deploys cinematic technique to deepen and animate what might easily have been a static tableau of talking heads.