On the Basis of Sex
Dir. Mimi Leder · PG-13 · 120 min · 12/25/2018
The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s early career and the landmark tax case that launched her legal fight for gender equality. A stirring portrait of a woman who spent her lifetime strategically dismantling the laws that kept women unequal.
Why it’s here: This is the origin story of the rights older women hold today — and a reminder that Ruth Bader Ginsburg did her most consequential, most iconic work in her later decades. The young lawyer fighting her first case is only the beginning of a life that proved influence grows with age.
