Oscar Best Documentary Nominees 2019
Everything You Need to Know About the 5 Documentaries Up For an Oscar This Year
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RBG — which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival — chronicles the life and career of beloved Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or RBG. Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West had both previously worked on projects involving Ginsburg, but they began producing this documentary in 2015 when they decided Ginsburg deserved a film focusing solely on her (though it took some convincing to get RBG to sign on to the project, which she did eventually with full support). The film was created from hours of footage from Ginsburg meetings and speeches, as well as a face-to-face interview with Ginsburg in 2017.