Overview
- The Brittney Griner Story debuted in Sundance’s Premieres section, offering her account of detention and return to the United States.
- The film traces her Feb. 17, 2022 arrest over a cannabis vape cartridge, her August conviction and nine-year sentence, and her December 2022 release in a swap for Viktor Bout.
- An interview with Joe Biden details efforts to secure her freedom, with an ESPN 30 for 30 broadcast planned later this year.
- At the festival, Griner linked her experience to current ICE enforcement in U.S. cities, labeling aggressive deportations a “crime against humanity.”
- Griner called the filmmaking process “very healing” and said she moved quickly to counter false narratives surrounding her case.