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Your Call

The feminist battles that shaped the Notorious RBG

  

On this edition of Your Call, we speak with the filmmakers of RBG, a documentary that traces the steps on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s path from ambitious young woman to feminist icon.

 

She may be tiny in stature, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been an enormous influence on the women’s rights movement. Who was Ginsburg before she became the Notorious RBG?

RGB opens Friday, May 4 in select theaters. 

Guests:

Betsy West, award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and co-director / co-producer of the documentary RBG

Julie Cohen, co-director / co-producer of RGB, founder of Better Than Fiction, and adjunct professor at Columbia University

Web Resources:

The Cap Times: Wisconsin Film Festival: 'RBG' shows how the Supreme Court Justice Gins-burned chauvinism

Star Tribune:Rash Report: 'RBG' the film and RBG the woman both compelling

Deadline: ‘RBG’ Review: A Truthful, Inspiring & Relevant Docu About The One And Only Ruth Bader Ginsburg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIRlcQqmOc

Matt Martin was KALW’s general manager from 2006 through 2018. Under his leadership, KALW grew into one of the most productive and innovative stations in public radio. Programs launched at KALW during Matt’s tenure as GM include the award-winning local newsmagazine Crosscurrents, the design podcast 99% Invisible, and the Spanish-language narrative journalism program Radio Ambulante. He helped create the station’s Audio Academy, a year-long program aimed at developing new talents in public radio, and led the first broad-based strategic planning process in the station’s history.