
“We are in a particular moment in American history,” Satter said. Writer-director Satter added to IndieWire that Reality Winner herself was the inspiration behind the film, calling the unnamed source a “ singular, interesting person” who changed the course of history. It feels inspiring, especially for particularly.” It kind of keeps everyone focused and their energy up. The “Eighth Grade” star continued, “There’s certain practical things about shooting indies because you have so little time and so little money, there’s no sitting around. The fact that it’s here now on HBO is amazing but that certainly was not the game plan.”
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Hamilton added, “There’s not millions of dollars going into developing and trying to figure out what people want and the algorithm of how to get the most viewers. ‘Oppenheimer’ 70mm IMAX Print Is So Big, Theaters Need to Build Around It That’s usually how indies get to be made.” “I think that’s inspiring for any young artist who wants to make something about what they see going on in the world and might feel overwhelmed with how to get it done. She didn’t have millions of dollars,” Hamilton, who plays an FBI agent, told IndieWire during the film’s red carpet premiere in New York this week. “Tina Satter was just a downtown New York theater artist who came across this transcript and thought, ‘Oh, I can do something with this’ and presented it in a really particular way that really makes a statement and creates art. Satter used the real transcript from the encounter as the script for the play “Is This a Room,” which was later turned into the HBO film out May 29 and starring Sweeney, Hamilton, and Marchánt Davis. Sydney Sweeney stars as Reality in the HBO film centered on the events of June 3, 2017, during which the former NSA specialist was interrogated by FBI agents in her own home. “ Reality” star Josh Hamilton applauded writer-director Tina Satter for staying committed to telling the true story of NSA whistleblower Reality Winner onscreen.

Independent films remain up against the reality of algorithm-focused filmmaking.
