RBG
Description
While most Americans think of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a progressive superhero and the beacon of left-leaning thinking on a court that veers ever-rightward, this raucous and informative documentary portrait reveals the complex history that brought her to this point. From her legal career as a pioneer of gender discrimination cases to her friendship with Antonin Scalia to her long and love-filled marriage, filmmakers West and Cohen reveal a deep thinker as well as an icon who lives up to her star billing.
“In Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s wide-ranging RBG, Ginsburg’s life — and its many lessons, both learned and taught — come to entertaining and energetic life. It’s a fist-pumping, crowd-pleasing documentary that makes one heck of a play to remind people of Ginsburg’s vitality and importance, now more than ever.” – Kate Erbland, Indiewire
Julie Cohen is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker who has worked as a producer for Dateline NBC. She also produced and directed Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home (2011); Ndiphilela Ukucula: I Live to Sing (2013); Best of the Fest winner at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, The Sturgeon Queens (2014); and American Veteran (2017).
Betsy West began her career as a television reporter in Syracuse, NY, before she became a producer for ABC’s Nightline and the co-creator and executive producer of the series Turning Point. For her work at ABC, she received 21 Emmy Awards. From 1998-2005, she was a senior vice president at CBS News. She was nominated for an Emmy and a FOCAL International Award for Makers: Women Who Make America (2013). RBG marks her directing debut.
Film Details
Language English
Year 2018
Runtime 97
Country USA
Director Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Producer Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Editor Carla Gutierrez
Cinematographer Claudia Raschke
Music Miriam Cutler