Film Screening: RBG
Monday, October 7 at 7 pm
$15/Free for NMAJH Members -- advance registration strongly encouraged
Tickets include access to the RBG exhibition from 5-7 prior to the screening.
Theater doors open at 6:30 pm.
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Purchase Non-member TicketsJoin Executive Producer,
Amy Entelis, for a screening of the acclaimed documentary,
RBG. Offering unprecedented insights into the life and legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this film gives viewers a new perspective on how a girl born in Brooklyn in 1933 became a pioneering lawyer, the second woman -- and first Jewish woman -- to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and a beloved pop culture icon. Enjoy it again on the big screen and stay for a talk-back with Amy in conversation with CNN's Senior Director of Development,
Jon Adler.
Amy Entelis is executive vice president for talent and content development for CNN Worldwide.
From Betsy West and Julie Cohen, and co-produced by Storyville Films and CNN Films. Runtime: 97 minutes.
Image: Theatrical one-sheet for RBG, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures/ CNN Films.
Held in conjunction with
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg You may also be interested in these RBG-themed events:
Thursday, November 7 – Living Arts Playback Theatre Performance
Thursday, December 12 – Members Tour of RBG
Sunday, December 25 – Being ___ at Christmas Family Day
The Museum is also open most Thursdays until 7 pm through January 12, 2020.
Return to the
Events Calendar to see all NMAJH programming.
About the SpeakersAmy Entelis is executive vice president for talent and content development for CNN Worldwide. She is based in New York. Entelis joined CNN in 2012 and is responsible for new program development and acquisitions, as well as the development of on-air talent for CNN Worldwide.
Entelis established CNN Original Series in 2013 and has developed more than 30 multi-part, nonfiction series to date, including the Primetime Emmy ® -winning
United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell; the Primetime Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown; and
Chicagoland and
Death Row Stories, with executive producer Robert Redford’s Sundance Productions among them.
Entelis also established CNN Films, created to co-produce and acquire documentary films and leverage distribution opportunities at festivals and in theaters, and CNN Films Presents, which acquires and broadcasts encore runs of notable documentary features. In addition to RBG, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, CNN Films has acquired, co-produced, or commissioned more than 40 films, including
Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite;
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, directed by Alex Gibney;
Life Itself, directed by Steve James; Ivory Tower, directed by Andrew Rossi; the News & Documentary Emmy® -winning
Dinosaur 13, directed by Todd Miller;
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, directed by Joe Berlinger;
Legion Of Brothers, directed by Greg Barker;
Blackface, directed by Roger Ross Williams;
The Hunting Ground, directed by Kirby Dick;
Trophy, co-directed by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau; The End: Inside The Last Days Of The Obama White House, and more.
Entelis co-developed
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission To Educate Girls Around The World and
Girl Rising with The Documentary Group, amplifying calls to action for rights for women and girls.
We Will Rise was honored with a 2017 Television Academy Honors Award for harnessing ‘the extraordinary power of television to advance social change,’ and received a CINE Golden Eagle, for exceptional nonfiction media content. With Tribeca Film Institute and Camden International Film Festival, she has established an annual workshop to support the next generation of documentary filmmakers.
Entelis’ illustrious career in television journalism began at ABC News as a producer on the weekly news magazine 20/20, She was later a producer at
World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and during her tenure at ABC News, Entelis worked in various roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately serving as senior vice president for talent strategy, development, and research. Prior to joining CNN, Entelis served as executive vice president for talent strategy at Sucherman Consulting Group.
A graduate of Vassar College, Entelis received a Master’s of Science in journalism from Columbia University and serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Jon AdlerJon Adler is Senior Director of Development for CNN Original Series at CNN, based in New York City. In this position, he is responsible for cultivating relationships within the creative community and developing original programming across a variety of CNN platforms. He is responsible for the development (and management/coordination thereof) of show concepts for CNN Original Series and HLN Original Series. Identifying external production companies as series partners, he works with producers to develop content for CNN from pitch to pilot/presentation to series order. He is also required to foster strong relationships with the selling community.
Event type:Exhibitions, Family-friendly, Films & Filmmakers, Lectures & Discussions