MAKING THE CASE

MAKING THE CASE - SPECIAL WATCH PARTY AND LIVE Q&A IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NYWIFT, BROWN CLUB IN NY, AND BROWN MEDIA GROUP

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The Brown Club in New York, Brown Media Group, 

and New York Women in Film and Television

Invite you to 

A Special Watch Party and LIVE Conversation


Wednesday, January 27 at 12PM PST/3PM EST


A Screening of MAKING THE CASE Followed by a

LIVE Q&A with Director Jennifer Callahan


In Conversation with Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton






About MAKING THE CASE: A SHORT FILM ABOUT A JUDGE AND HER BAGS

In MAKING THE CASE Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom legal arguments were daily currency, examines her handbags, revealing a corner of the mind that argued and won historic cases. Justice Ginsburg shows how this ubiquitous accessory is a rich starting point for whole stories and worlds. 


About Jennifer Callahan 

Jennifer Callahan is a documentary filmmaker engaging with stories which go against the grain. Her first feature documentary, THE BUNGALOWS OF ROCKAWAY (2010), chronicles 100 years of the epic lives of New York City’s largest beach community and foregrounds urbanism, architectural history, and race/ethnicity. EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW (2015) illustrates the impact of Superstorm Sandy on Rockaway and the surprising recovery taken by residents. In her new short film MAKING THE CASE (2020), a renowned mind directs her gaze on select mundane belongings.


About Linda Goldstein Knowlton 

Linda Goldstein Knowlton is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, working in documentary and scripted feature films, as well as television. Her most recent film, We Are The Radical Monarchs, premiered at SXSW in 2019, screened at over 30 festivals, won several audience awards, and received its television debut July 2020 on POV/PBS. The film chronicles a group of young girls of color at the front lines of social justice. Set in Oakland, the film shows the journey of the group as they earn badges for completing units including being an LGBTQ ally, Black Lives Matter, and Disability Justice. Goldstein Knowlton directed and produced one of the six, Emmy-nominated documentaries for the PBS MAKERS: Women Who Make America series. The film, WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD, aired in October, 2014 and includes interviews with Jane Fonda, Shonda Rhimes, Lena Dunham, Ava Duvernay, Glenn Close, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard, Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson, among many other notable women. Prior to that, she produced CODE BLACK, Best Documentary winner at LA Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the basis for the CBS one-hour drama of the same name. Previously she directed and produced SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, which won the Sundance Channel Audience Award at the Hot Docs Film Festival, and was released theatrically in over 80 cities across the US. For her directorial debut, she co-directed THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET, which debuted at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in competition and aired nationally on PBS. Linda started her career producing feature films, including the award-winning WHALE RIDER and THE SHIPPING NEWS.