US Human Rights Pioneer Profiled at Sundance Film Festival

Just a few days ago, a new documentary “My Name is Pauli Murray” received its world premier at the Sundance Film Festival.

Directed by the creative team responsible for the Academy award nominated documentary “RBG,” the new film on Pauli Murray delves into Murray’s rich and varied life, and intellectual contributions in the arenas of civil rights, gender rights, and gender identity as well as theology.  Murray knitted together this range of interests and causes under the concept of “human rights.”

After contributing to the theoretical underpinnings of Brown v. Board of Education and Reed v. Reed as a lawyer, Murray turned her energies to the Episcopal Church later in life, becoming a priest. Following her death in 1985, Murray was named to Episcopal sainthood.

As yet, the documentary is not available to stream nor has it been released in theaters, but for more background from the filmmakers and clips from the film, check out this extended clip from Democracy Now.