Please join us for this special screening followed by a discussion with
CAROL ROBLES-ROMÁN
Co-President and CEO
The ERA Coalition / Fund for Women's Equality
5:30 p.m. | Wine Reception
6:00 p.m. | Screening
7:45 p.m. | Discussion and Q+A
Note: screening begins promptly at 6 p.m.
Dolby 88 Screening Room
1350 Avenue of the Americas (at West 55th Street)
Lobby Level
New York, NY 10019
ADMISSION
UNA Members (All Levels): $15
Guests and Non-Members: $20
RBG is a lionizing biography of a woman of remarkable intelligence and fortitude — U.S. Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But the unique personal journey of her rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans — until now. With RBG, directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen take us into Ginsburg’s world as they explore her life and career.
“Working with a team of women in the top creative and executive roles, we began filming in June of 2016, doing our best to keep up with the Justice’s hectic schedule,” said the directors. “We filmed her in her office, on vacation with her family and working out with her personal trainer. We also began tracking down the dramatic stories of the clients she represented as a young lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court in the 1970’s. At that time, it was perfectly legal to discriminate on the basis of sex. RBG’s brilliant legal strategy resulted in five groundbreaking rulings that made great strides towards putting women and men on an equal footing before the law.”
As a millennial icon, Justice Ginsburg’s steadfast commitment remains, not only for gender equality but for democratic institutions that protect the rights of all citizens.
We invite you to join us for this limited screening, which will be followed by a discussion with Carol Robles-Román, co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 15, 1933. She married Martin D. Ginsburg in 1954, and has a daughter, Jane, and a son, James. She received her B.A. from Cornell University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund L. Palmieri, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, from 1959–1961. From 1961–1963, she was a research associate and then associate director of the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure. She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law from 1963–1972, and Columbia Law School from 1972–1980, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California from 1977–1978. In 1971, she was instrumental in launching the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, and served as the ACLU’s General Counsel from 1973–1980, and on the National Board of Directors from 1974–1980. She was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.
Guest Speakers
CAROL ROBLES-ROMÁN
Carol Robles-Román is the Co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women's Equality where she leads national efforts to advocate, educate and organize to ensure constitutional equality for women in the United States.
The ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality are sister organizations, founded in 2014 to work respectively for passage and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and for greater public understanding of the need for comprehensive, fair and equal treatment of women and girls under the law.
Carol was formerly President and CEO, Legal Momentum - The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund Legal Momentum. She worked with big cities and organizations in gender justice, personal safety and access to justice reform. She is featured in the recent documentary about efforts to eradicate the sexual exploitation of women in “I am Jane Doe.”
She co-chairs the NYC Council Young Women’s Initiative Advisory Council, is on the National Organization for Women Advisory Board, is on the boards of the Women’s Forum of New York, and Veteran Feminists of America. She is a member of the National Football League Domestic Violence Working Group, and is a former member of the Board and Executive Committee of the City University of New York. Her recognitions include the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence 2017 Sharon L. Corbitt Award, the National Women’s Political Caucus 2015 Women of Courage Award, the SmartCEO 2014 Brava Award, and designation as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business Magazine.
As Deputy Mayor for Legal Affairs and Counsel to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for 12 years, she spearheaded public-private partnerships in judicial administration, domestic violence, enforcement of anti-discrimination laws and human trafficking. She led the city's efforts to combat domestic violence and human trafficking by creating Family Justice Centers and the Let’s Call an End to Human Trafficking citywide initiative. As a top executive for the NYS judiciary, she served as its first Special Inspector General for Bias Matters appointed by Chief Judge Judith Kaye and later as Special Counsel to the Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman. She served as a NYS assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Carol holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, and a B.A. from Fordham University at Lincoln Center.
FROM THE REVIEWS
“Rather than focusing on personality, however, the bulk of RBG has to do with its subject’s lifelong fight against gender discrimination.” Washington Post
“RBG is a jaunty assemblage of interviews, public appearances and archival material, organized to illuminate the temperament of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her accomplishments so far.” New York Times
“What makes it memorable is its portrait of a woman with an exceptional intellect, to be sure, but also a lifelong capacity for staggering amounts of minutely detailed, unswervingly purposeful work.” Wall Street Journal
“This spry celebration reveals that the real Ginsburg is neither beast nor badass, but an even-tempered, soft-spoken mediator—not typically the traits that inspire rousing high-fives, but qualities that honor the slow, uphill slog of positive change.” Variety
“In RBG, a lionizing biography of the U.S. Supreme Court judge, Ginsburg emerges as a woman of remarkable intelligence and fortitude – who can get by on very little sleep.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“Finding reciprocity—in the eyes of the law, your partner, your colleagues—is the essence of this documentary, one that comes at a moment that desperately lacks it.” Time Out
“Make no mistake about it, this woman is a force, and the great service this clear-eyed and admiring documentary provides is to emphasize not just Ginsburg's work on the court but how extraordinarily influential she was before she even got there.” Los Angeles Times
“RBG is an unapologetic valentine to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but a sharp and spiky one too.” Entertainment Weekly
“This is more than just the predictable story of who Ginsburg was and who she has become. It’s also a monument to the formal written legal legacy that transcends her own life story and changed a nation.” Slate
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