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My Name Is Pauli Murray

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 31m
  •  (1)
  • 73

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Producer:

Julie Cohen, Peggy Drexler, Elise Pearlstein

Release Date:

Sep 17, 2021

Runtime:

1hr 31m

Synopsis

A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.

Cast

  • Patricia Bell-Scott
  • Dolores Chandler
  • Brittney Cooper

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75
Sep 17, 2021

It does what all good documentaries do: it made me want to read up and be educated more on its subject. And what a great and inspiring subject Pauli Murray is.

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Metacritic review by Odie Henderson
Odie Henderson
RogerEbert.com
70
Sep 17, 2021

The sequential, numbers-heavy structure can make for plodding viewing, especially in the film’s first half. But the doc is ultimately a thoughtful and sensitive tribute to a luminary who should be a household name.

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Metacritic review by Inkoo Kang
Inkoo Kang
The Hollywood Reporter
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