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Movie

RBG

2018PG1h 38m7.5 / 10

Hero. Icon. Dissenter.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.

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Synopsis

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.

More about RBG

Cast

Ruth Bader GinsburgSelf
Jane C. GinsburgSelf
James Steven GinsburgSelf
Nina TotenbergSelf
Clara SperaSelf
Gloria SteinemSelf
Bill ClintonSelf
Sharron FrontieroSelf

Credits

Directed by
Julie Cohen, Betsy West

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Box office
$2M

Production

  • CNN FilmsUnited States
  • Storyville FilmsUnited States

Themes

biographysupreme courtsupreme court justicewoman director