Documentary Review: ASK DR. Ruth

Posted by Jennifer Merin on May 19, 2019 | 0 comments

Ryan White’s Ask Dr. Ruth is a thoroughly charming and entertaining biodoc about Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s famously beloved sex therapist. She has been a public figure for decades, but her personal story is actually full of surprises.

Advocacy for THE CASE AGAINST 8 – Movie Review

Posted by Jennifer Merin on Dec 19, 2014 | 0 comments

The Case Against 8 chronicles activists’s efforts to overturn California’s Prop 8, the civil rights-squashing ban on same sex marriage. Filmmakers Ben Cotner and Ryan White’ behind-the-scenes access shows how civil rights activists from both sides of the aisle — most notably the ultra-conservative GW Bush backer Ted Olson and strongly liberal Al Gore backer David Boies, and their respective law partners – joined forces to fight legislation putting individuals’ rights, as guaranteed by the US Constitution, under the decision-making control of the government.