MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY / Opening in select theaters September 17th + Available on Amazon Prime Video on October 1st. As I read about this movie I knew it would be something Charlie would enjoy and that we can use for Homeschool. If you plan on seeing the movie leave me a comment and let me know why.
Amazon Studios’ original documentary, MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY, will be available in select theaters on September 17 and worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on October 1.
Directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West, MY NAME IS PAULI MARRAY takes 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.
MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY
In Select Theaters on September 17th, 2021 and Worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on October 1st, 2021
Synopsis:
Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation, Pauli Murray was already knee-deep fighting for social justice. A pioneering attorney, activist, priest and dedicated memoirist, Murray shaped landmark litigation—and consciousness—around race and gender equity.
As an African-American youth raised in the Segregated South—who was also wrestling with broader notions of gender identity—Pauli understood, intrinsically, what it was to exist beyond previously accepted categories and cultural norms. Both Pauli’s personal path and tireless advocacy foreshadowed some of the most politically consequential issues of our time. Told largely in Pauli’s own words, My Name is Pauli Murray is a candid recounting of that unique and extraordinary journey.
Directed by: Betsy West and Julie Cohen (RBG)
Produced by: Talleah Bridges McMahon (Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise)
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 91 minutes
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
