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My Name is Pauli Murray

(USA, 2021, 91 min)

In this portrait of the remarkable and underrecognized civil rights activist, Pauli Murray, filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen vividly recount Murray’s pioneering journey as an attorney, activist, poet, and priest who resisted being defined by traditional gender categories. Among numerous achievements Murray is one of the 20th Century’s most important legal and civil rights activists, who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.

Betsy West will be joining us live for a post-screening discussion!

Betsy West is the Academy Award-nominated director and producer of RBG(2018) along with Julie Cohen. 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. West is a video journalist and filmmaker with three decades experience in news and documentaries.

Julie Cohen heads the Brooklyn-based production company BetterThanFiction, which produces documentaries, television programming and digital content. Her films have screened at more than 80 festivals and she has won three New York Emmy Awards since 2012.

PRODUCERS’ FORUM SCREENINGS SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND