On the Basis of Sex

“Her story made history”

A century of American law treats a person's sex as a fair reason to deny them a job, a benefit, a seat at the table, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) is a young lawyer who thinks it can be taken apart. She and her husband Marty (Armie Hammer) look for a case that could carry that argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Mimi Leder films the preparation in kitchens, offices and law library stacks, treating the paperwork as the real drama.