WNBA Star Brittney Griner On Life Inside A Russian Gulag: “The Conditions Were Definitely, Definitely Dire” – Sundance Studio

WNBA Star Brittney Griner On Life Inside A Russian Gulag: “The Conditions Were Definitely, Definitely Dire” – Sundance Studio

WNBA star Brittney Griner remembers her Russian prison ordeal in a new documentary premiereing at the Sundance Film Festival.

‘I wouldn’t be standing right here without my Lord and Savior’: Brittney Griner’s Russia detainment strengthened her faith

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WNBA's Brittney Griner promotes documentary of Russian incarceration with ICE comparison · American Wire News

WNBA star Brittney Griner thinks her time spent in a Russian prison over drug charges sends a relevant message about the current immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the premiere of ‘The Brittney Griner Story’ at the Sundance Film Festival this week, Griner likened her imprisonment to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents enforcing federal law in America’s cities. “I hope this film ca…

WNBA Star Brittney Griner Reveals Bombshell Comparison: Russian Prison Nightmare vs. ICE Sparks Viral Firestorm

Brittney Griner (Photo By Imagn Images) Brittney Griner says her new documentary sends a clear message to Americans. She believes her time in a Russian penal colony shows what unchecked power can lead to. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the Sundance Film Festival premiere of The Brittney Griner Story, the WNBA star linked her experience to recent events in the United States. She pointed to deadly immigration enforcement actions in Mi…

Brittney Griner Draws Controversial Comparison Between Russian Detention and ICE Custody

WNBA star Brittney Griner believes her newly released documentary should serve as a cautionary tale for Americans, arguing that her experience in a Russian penal colony highlights the dangers of unchecked authoritarian power. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the premiere of The Brittney Griner Story at the Sundance Film Festival, Griner said the timing of the project feels especially significant amid escalating political and law-enf…

Brittney Griner, Ta-Nehisi Coates show freed prisoners in Sundance films

PARK CITY, Utah — Two Sundance documentary premieres in one day asked audiences to sit with the lasting weight of incarceration and the lives reshaped by it. One followed three men wrongfully imprisoned as teenagers, freed only after spending nearly four decades behind bars. The other traced the public and private aftermath of WNBA player Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia Ta-Nehisi Coates was a cast/narrator and executive producer in “When A…