*A documentary about Brittney Griner’s Russian captivity debuted at Sundance this week and positions the WNBA star’s ordeal towards unfolding home immigration enforcement.
Griner endured shut to 10 months confined in Russian detention facilities after authorities arrested her on minor drug violations. Her imprisonment included time in a harsh penal colony till American officers negotiated her launch. The basketball star now sees disturbing similarities between what she skilled overseas and ICE actions sweeping by way of American communities.
“I hope this movie can shed some gentle into what it may very well be like if we preserve letting this occur,” Griner tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Proper now, we’re in a really unhealthy place, particularly with every thing that’s happening in Minnesota and simply throughout our nation. I positively suppose folks will perceive slightly bit extra now and be capable to see some comparisons.”
Directed by Alexandria Stapleton, “The Brittney Griner Story” explores Griner’s childhood, her bond with partner Cherelle, her years taking part in with the WNBA, and professionally abroad. Stapleton, whose credit embrace Netflix’s “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” wished “to offer context to a narrative that was very two-dimensionalized within the media.”
The filmmaker characterizes the mission as “a cautionary story,” expressing hope it should “knock some sense into folks” whereas illustrating how public mobilization influences authorities choices.
“I hope folks get the sense of, ‘after we come collectively we are able to cease what’s happening,’” she says. “We are able to change what’s happening proper now in our nation,” Griner mentioned.
Stapleton hopes viewers “watch this story and see it as a cautionary story, nearly knock some sense into folks. Hopefully, this generally is a movie that may make a change.”
“The Brittney Griner Story” is ready to air on ESPN later this 12 months.
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