Like Reality Winner in the US, Australian whistleblowers David McBride and Richard Boyle face an enormous cost for calling out abuses of power.
The Australian release of the film Reality — based on the true story of American whistleblower Reality Winner (yes, that is her real name) — interestingly coincides with our nation grappling with how to deal with its own whistleblowers.
The film’s title is a nod to not only Winner but director Tina Satter’s approach to the story, with the film’s dialogue lifted verbatim from a recording of an FBI raid of Winner’s home in 2017 and court transcripts relating to the investigation. It is “reality” in its starkest form.
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