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.
“Give me a song of hope, and a world where I can sing it. Give me a song of faith, and a people to believe in it. Give me a song of kindliness, and a country where I can live it.”
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.
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My Name is Pauli Murray is directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, and produced by Talleah Bridges McMahon.
My Name is Pauli Murray will premiere on Prime Video on October 1, 2021
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