The Brittney Griner Story

This personal and profound odyssey follows basketball star Brittney Griner from her playing career, harrowing imprisonment in Russia, and through the extraordinary geopolitical battle to bring her home.

Like so many talents of women’s basketball before her, U.S. star Brittney Griner pursues a better financial opportunity by playing in Russia. In 2022, she was detained by Russian authorities, and her high-profile imprisonment set off a far-ranging geopolitical struggle, one that would reach the highest levels of power in Washington, D.C. and Moscow. This extraordinary odyssey tells the tumultuous story of a towering presence on and off the court, including the circumstances that led her to Russia, the unwavering determination to return home, and her renewed perspective upon securing her freedom.