Making the Case: A Supreme Court Justice and Her Bags
World Premiere

Making the Case: A Supreme Court Justice and Her Bags

2020 Official Selection: Shorts
Short | United States | 15 MINUTES | English
Documentary

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom legal arguments are daily currency, examines her handbags, revealing a corner of a mind that has argued and won historic cases.



Playing in: Choose Your Battles

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Jennifer Callahan

Making The Case, part of a five-borough documentary featuring New York City women, is Jennifer Callahan’s fourth film. Her pair of features, The Bungalows of Rockaway and Everything Is Different Now, spotlights communities thriving on the city’s fragile barrier island. She is currently filming on Jamaica Bay.

Director
Jennifer Callahan
Producer
Jennifer Callahan
Screenwriter
Jennifer Callahan
Cinematographer
Gordon Chou
Editor
Hélène Attali
Composer
Clare Manchon, LaFrae Sci
Associate Producer
Gordon Chou, Anna Stumpf
Additional Photography
Anna Stumpf
Assistant
Virginia Moore
Cast
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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