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RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
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RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

2019-06-22 · 89 min · ★ 6.7

Documentary

How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?

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Directors
Freida Lee Mock
Production companies
Artemis Rising, Sanders and Mock Productions, Virgil Films, American Film Foundation
Countries
United States of America
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Released

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Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader GinsburgSelf (archive footage)
Lilly LedbetterSelf
Barack ObamaBarack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
Joe BidenJoe BidenSelf (archive footage)

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