"RBG" Review - One Notorious Legacy

“RBG”. You’ve heard the nickname hopefully. But you sure know the name right? Well, this documentary is probably the most thought-provoking and most interestingly heartfelt one about the current Supreme Court Justice you will find.

This film is a truly perfect documentary because it has so much content in it to love ranging from the humor of the RBG memes and how Ruth lives her senior citizen life, to the truly mind-bowing history of this woman and why she deserves 20 times more respect than she deserves, even in 2018. “RBG” has a perfect balance of lighthearted and fun insight in how Ginsberg lives her life today and how she handles the obstacles facing her today, but then there’s this whole other side of the film that not only does so well in documenting her journey to the highest court of the land, but how her decisions and journey silently mapped out the way to the growth of women’s rights. It’s truly inspiring and so interesting to watch and I never once checked my phone to see when the movie was going to be over.

This documentary goes even further by taking even the most depressing part of her life and showing how young people around the would are being inspired by her actions. As the film begins, we learn about how she paved the way for a lot of change in the USA, but we also learn about how after the 2000 elections, her “dissenting” decisions had no weight since she was now in the presence of a highly conservative Supreme Court. You get an insight on how even though human rights are being slowly demolished by conservatives across the country and allowed by the Supreme Court, young millennials are doing everything they can to bring them back because of the wise dissenting decisions Ginsberg has made throughout her career as a ruler of the law.

I think best of all though, this movie illuminates how important the Supreme Court is to America’s democracy through the lens of an inspiring powerful woman like RBG. It frankly is the only thing I fear in the era of Trump. You can fix executive orders, but you can’t fix the Supreme Court and the decisions they make. In these next two years, there are three ways Ruth’s legacy will end, and only one is a terrific ending in my opinion. But what ever the case may be in 2020, “RBG” proves that this Supreme Court judge has already made her mark on the history of America and the future the young ones like myself are trying to craft, and there’s nothing Trump fanatics can do about it.

An inspiring and kickass woman has gotten the documentary she deserves, and everyone deserves to go see it.

Two Nebs Up!