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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. Told largely in Pauli’s own words, My Name is Pauli Murray is a candid recounting of that unique and extraordinary journey.
Original Release
09/17/2021
US Release
09/17/2021
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pauli Murray | Self |
Dolores Chandler | Self / Herself |
Brittney Cooper | Self / Herself |
Sonia Pressman Fuentes | Self / Herself |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Herself / Self |
Marghretta McBean | Self / Herself |
Ernest Myers | Self |
Mary Norris | Self / Herself |
Eleanor Holmes Norton | Herself / Self |
Rosalind Rosenberg | Self / Herself |
Directors
Writers
Julie Cohen, Betsy West, Talleah Bridges McMahon, Cinque Northern
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pauli Murray | Self |
Dolores Chandler | Self / Herself |
Brittney Cooper | Self / Herself |
Sonia Pressman Fuentes | Self / Herself |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Herself / Self |
Marghretta McBean | Self / Herself |
Ernest Myers | Self |
Mary Norris | Self / Herself |
Eleanor Holmes Norton | Herself / Self |
Rosalind Rosenberg | Self / Herself |
Karen Rouse Ross | Self / Herself |
Reggie Sapp | Self / Himself |
Inez Smith Reid | Herself / Self |
Chase Strangio | Self / Himself |
Raquel Willis | Self / Herself |
Keleona Jiminez | Reader 'Dark Testament' |
Ania Barbee | Self - Durham, NC Student |
Grant Pareja | Self - Durham, NC Student |
Lourd Scales | Self - Durham, NC Student |
Gabrielle Tita | Self - Durham, NC Student |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dana DiCarlo | Executive Producer |
Peggy Drexler | Executive Producer |
Elise Pearlstein | Executive Producer |
Eve Plank | Executive Producer |
Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
Diane Weyermann | Executive Producer |
Patricia Bell-Scott | Producer |
Talleah Bridges McMahon | Producer |
Claudia López | Producer |