Sundance: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary 'RBG' Sells to Magnolia, Participant

Sundance: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary 'RBG' Sells to Magnolia, Participant

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RBG still from film

Variety

By Brent Lang

January 24, 2018

“RBG,” a look at the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has sold to Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media.

Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the deal is for worldwide distribution, which runs the gamut from theatrical distribution to home video and streaming platforms. CNN Films, which produced the movie, holds U.S. broadcast rights to “RBG.”

Ginsburg made the trek last weekend from Washington, D.C., to Park City, Utah, for the film’s Sundance Film Festival premiere. She received a hero’s welcome at the snow-caked mountainside resort. The 84-year-old Ginsburg held forth on the #MeToo moment and women’s rights in a question-and-answer session following the first showing of the film and in an interview with NPR’s Nina Totenberg (a longtime friend). Read more