“Expositions” and Reality: in the USA, a film will be shot about the leaked report on the “interference” of the Russian Federation in the elections of the NSA contractor

In the United States, they will remove a biographical tape about Reality Winner, a former contractor of the American special services, who in 2017 gave a secret report to journalists about the alleged "Russian interference in the US presidential election." This was reported by Variety.

At the moment, the biopic is called Winner - by the name of the prototype of the main character (which also literally translates as “winner”). Nothing is known about the caste of the future picture.

The project is being developed by the writer Amanda Phillips and the producers of Big Beach Films (who worked on the creation of the film “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”), Daniel Melia and Peter Saraf.

Susanne Vogel was brought in as a director. In the filmography of the director, the multi-series projects “Pursuit of Life” and “Popular and in Love”, as well as the full-length film “The Spy Who Threw Me” appear. In the latter, as in the new tape, it was about the work of special services, but the genre of the comedy action movie provided for a completely different presentation.

The script for the upcoming film was written by journalist Kerry Hawley, who has already written about the history of Winner. In December 2017, The New York Magazine published her biographical article on the life of an NSA contractor - from birth to imprisonment.

Recognizing that the heroine of her material is significantly different from other well-known informants, the author, nevertheless, puts her on a par with such figures as Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks informant Chelsea Manning.

The producers of the tape consider the main goal to portray the informant as a person and tell her story to a wide audience.

“We were honored to make a film about Reality Winner based on the beautiful script by Kerry Hawley,” cites Daniel Melia Variety.

For such an important task, in her opinion, a carefully selected team is needed:

“We are long-time fans of Suzanne Vogel’s work and we don’t even imagine who would better grasp the essence of this complex character by looking at him through the prism of empathy and humanity. Among Americans, there are too few who know about this compulsory familiarization story, and the creative team we have assembled is ideal for telling it, ”Melia added.

Vogel, in turn, also insists on the importance of the image of the main character of the film for American culture and society.

“Through the lips of Reality, Winner speaks of a whole generation of young people who find it difficult to reconcile their personal moral and ethical guidelines with the decline in morality that is characteristic of the institutions of our society, which we want to consider worthy of pride and fidelity,” the director said.

In addition, Vogel told what kind of concept he intends to adhere to when creatively interpreting Winner’s biography: “Based on the wonderful script by Kerry (Hawley. - RT ), we can tell her actual story, not in a moralizing and biased tone, but with emphasis on humor and emotions” .

Reality in conclusion

In 2017, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested Pluribus International Corporation employee Reality Lee Winner. She was suspected of disclosing classified information - in particular, that she had sent a classified intelligence report to a news publication.

According to foreign media reports, the report spoke of hacker attacks allegedly carried out by the GRU to intervene in the United States election process.

It was noted that the "hacking" was carried out in order to obtain data on software related to the elections. In addition, phishing emails were reportedly reported to officials.

However, the report did not contain information on whether the alleged hacker attacks had an effect on the outcome of the election campaign in the United States. Also, no data were provided on how the NSA received data on the actions of the “hackers."

Winner, in turn, admitted to the deed. After her arrest, she spent a year in custody, and in August 2018 she was sentenced to 63 months (more than five years) in prison - thus, her term will end in 2023.

Russia has repeatedly denied allegations of attempts to interfere in US electoral processes. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the allegations by Washington are unfounded.

In turn, Russian leader Vladimir Putin Russian leader Vladimir Putin emphasized that "useless and harmful chatter" about "Russian interference in the US election" is nothing more than an attempt by the United States to "solve domestic political issues using foreign policy instruments."