Naveen Kumar Everyone knows more than they let on at the top of “Is This a Room,” a taut and pulse-prickling docudrama conceived and directed by Tina Satter.
That includes audiences who are likely familiar with the still-unfolding story of Reality Winner, a former NSA contractor who was arrested and imprisoned for leaking government secrets.A voice in the dark clearly states what we’re about to hear: the verbatim, chronological transcript of Winner’s arrest at her home in Augusta, Ga., on June 3, 2017.
The Justice Department had barrelled down with startling swiftness: Charges were brought against Winner just one hour after the NSA’s dirty laundry hit the air. (Winner, who received the longest-ever sentence for such a crime, was released.
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