Magnolia Pictures And Participant Media Acquire Rights For ‘RBG’

BG, the 2018 Sundance Film Festival sensation produced by CNN Films and Storyville Films about the consequential life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has been acquired from CNN Films by Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media for worldwide distribution, including theatrical, home video, SVOD, and international television. CNN Films has U.S. broadcast rights to RBG. The film is directed and produced by award-winning filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen of Storyville Films.

“RBG is an incredibly inspirational film about a supremely inspirational woman,” said Eamonn Bowles, presidents of Magnolia Pictures. “Betsy and Julie have done a phenomenal job highlighting Justice Ginsburg’s tremendous effect on all of our lives. I cannot wait to show it to my daughters.”

Diane Weyermann, president of documentary film and television for Participant Media, said, “Justice Ginsburg is an extraordinary woman with an amazing story that is shared so beautifully in RBG, and the film presents a vital opportunity to encourage public discourse on the persistent barriers in achieving gender parity, as well as to help accelerate continued institutional policy changes necessary to overcome those barriers.”

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with Magnolia and Participant to bring Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s story to theaters around the world, particularly during this historic moment for women’s equality,” said Amy Entelis, executive vice president for talent and content development for CNN Worldwide.