Former Air Force linguist Reality Winner was charged in June 2017 with sharing classified National Security Agency materials with a news organization. Now shes the subject of an HBO movie.<\/p>\n
Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) will portray the 25-year-old whistleblower who leaked classified documents to The Intercept about Russian interference in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n
Winner was formally charged under the Espionage Act and sentenced to five years and three months in jail in 2018.<\/p>\n
The docudrama, set to debut on May 29, focuses on the investigation into Winners motivations behind printing and sharing the documents.<\/p>\n
Im trying to deploy, Im not trying to be a whistleblower. Thats crazy, she says in one scene.<\/p>\n
Winner is portrayed in the beginning of the trailer as a quirky, but ordinary person, but as the serious nature of her actions begin to close in the walls around her, her unflappable demeanor slowly dissolves.<\/p>\n
In 2019, Tina Satter put together a play, titled This is a Room, based on the transcript of Winners FBI interview. The play served as the basis for the HBO treatment.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Winner pleaded guilty and served a prison term until 2021, when she was moved to a halfway house.<\/p>\n
Reality premieres May 29 on Max.<\/p>\n
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