We spoke to the directors of one of the most eye-opening documentaries about race and gender identity to come out in recent time.
My Name is Pauli Murray is quite possibly one of the most eye-opening documentary about race and gender identity to come out in recent times. The 91minute long documentary chronicles the life and work of African-American writer civil-rights activist Pauli Murray. Born in 1910, the Baltimore Maryland native struggled with her sexuality and gender identity their whole life.
BUST got the opportunity to sit down with directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen and talk all things about the origins of the documentary, Murray's gender identity, and what made them so fearless in work and their personal life. Betsy West: Well, when we learned Pauli Murray’s extraordinary story, we were blown away.
BW: Pauli was someone who loved to go to school and had many degrees and many accomplishments, and so we were able to document that in the film. It's pretty thrilling that a few years ago, Yale University named one of its colleges, Pauli Murray College. That's because later in life, Pauli, who already has a law degree and a master's in law, went for a doctorate in law at Yale in the 1960s, and so to honor Pauli's legacy, they named a whole college after Pauli.
BW: When we were at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, which is where Pauli's archive is housed, we were told that the Pauli Murray collection is now the most requested. B: How was it balancing Pauli's personal life, their work and all their accomplishments in the documentary?BW: You know, we wanted to tell the story of a real human being a real person and we were extraordinarily lucky that Pauli left behind all of this archive, but also the audiotapes.
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