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Following the screening, watch a special conversation with directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West and producer Talleah Bridges McMahon moderated by AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan.

Rosa Parks. Thurgood Marshall. Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Pauli Murray. If the last name seems not like the others, that’s not because of any shortage of accomplishments on Murray’s part. One of the 20th Century’s most important legal and civil rights activists, Murray was arrested for sitting in the whites-only section on a Virginia bus 15 years before Rosa Parks refused to do the same; provided a key legal strategy on school desegregation; and co-founded the National Organization for Women. Later, she became the first Black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest. In this highly engaging and revelatory portrait of the remarkable Murray — who resisted being defined by traditional gender categories — Academy Award® nominees Betsy West and Julie Cohen (RBG) patch a gaping hole in the historical record. It’s about time. –Ken Jacobson

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Betsy West is the Academy Award®- nominated director/producer of RBG (Magnolia, Participant, CNN Films, 2018). She is a 21-time Emmy® Award winner for her work as an ABC News producer and executive producer of the documentary series TURNING POINT.

Julie Cohen is the Academy Award®-nominated director and producer of RBG (Magnolia, Participant, CNN Films, 2018). Previous films she’s directed include THE STURGEON QUEENS (7th Art Releasing/PBS; Berlinale, 2015; Best of the Fest, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival) and NDIPHILELA UKUCULA: I LIVE TO SING (PBS; 2014 New York Emmy Award for Best Arts Program).

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Amazon Studios
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Details

Country: USA

Year: 2021

Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West

Screenwriters: Talleah Bridges McMahon, Julie Cohen, Cinque Northern, Betsy West

Producer: Talleah Bridges McMahon

Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Elise Pearlstein, Peggy Drexler

Director of Photography: Claudia Raschke

Editor: Cinque Northern

Music: Jongnic Bontemps

Featuring: Patricia Bell-Scott, Dolores Chandler, Brittney Cooper, Sonia Pressman Fuentes, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Marghretta McBean, Ernest Myers, Mary Norris, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rosalind Rosenberg, Karen Rouse Ross, Reggie Sapp, Honorable Inez Smith Reid, Chase Strangio, Raquel Willis

Running Time (minutes): 91

Language: English

Accessibility: Closed Captions Available

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