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Betsy West & Julie Cohen explain why Pauli Murray is the most important queer you’ve never heard of

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg?Documentary filmmakers Betsy West & Julie Cohen faced that same question upon completing their Oscar-nominated film RBG.

Fortunately, the late, great justice had already given them an idea. That suggestion grew into the newest film by the pair, My Name is Pauli Murray.

The movie debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, and is currently looking for distribution.My Name is Pauli Murray tells the story of the titular writer.

Raised as an orphan, Murray grew up in Baltimore and fought to educate herself as a woman of color in the 1930s. By the time she was in her mid-20s, Murray had earned a reputation as a stellar writer and civil rights activist.

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