My Name Is Pauli Murray

Name: My Name Is Pauli Murray
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 17, 2021
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Brittney Cooper, Dolores Chandler, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ernest Meyers, Marghretta McBean

2021

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Amazon Studios | Release Date: September 17, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: Brittney Cooper, Dolores Chandler, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ernest Meyers, Marghretta McBean, Mary Norris, Patricia Bell-Scott, Rosalind Rosenberg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Pressman Fuentes

Summary: They are one of the most influential figures in American 20th century history. It’s time you learn their name. 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 pioneeringThey are one of the most influential figures in American 20th century history. It’s time you learn their name. 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.… Expand

Director: Betsy West and Julie Cohen

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 91 min

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David Lewis

Sep 16, 2021

In 90 brisk minutes, we get a three-dimensional portrait of a private, gender-nonconforming trailblazer who not only paved the way for Black Americans, but also for women and LGBTQ people. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Sep 15, 2021

My Name is Pauli Murray delivers a lively, revelatory litany of all the things Murray got right first, in a career that was driven by equal parts intellectual curiosity and call to service. Read full review

Ronda Racha Penrice

Sep 17, 2021

My Name Is Pauli Murray more than rests its case on Murray’s brilliance and important contributions. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

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. Read full review

The Film Stage Murray Shayna Warner

Sep 17, 2021

My Name is Pauli Murray most effectively serves as a springboard introduction to Murray’s voice. There is clearly so much more to Murray’s story, and the film is smart in featuring the names of Murray’s own works, as well as talking heads who have spent their lives promoting Murray’s importance. Read full review

IndieWire Jude Dry

Sep 17, 2021

My Name Is Pauli Murray balances Murray’s varied interests and causes with a deft hand, acknowledging their contributions to the women’s movement while not minimizing their trans-ness, as many scholars had done until Rosenberg’s book. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Sep 16, 2021

Indeed, Murray’s story is a remarkable — and extensive — one that the filmmakers stuff into an hour and a half that feels like a dull and disorganized PowerPoint lecture. Read full review

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