Newly Released Documentary: “My Name Is Pauli Murray”

This 2021 Amazon Original Documentary film has just been released, and portrays Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray – non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall – as “One of the most remarkable and consequential figures in American 20th-century history.” It is produced by the Academy Award Nominated Directors who gave us “RBG.”

• Directors – Julie Cohen, Betsy West
• Writers – Talleah Bridges McMahon, Julie Cohen, Cinque Northern
• Stars – Patricia Bell-Scott, Pauli Murray (archive footage), Dolores Chandler

Find out more about Pauli Murray on our Pioneer History pages.