Narrator 1: She did her own work, helped her husband with his work, organized his friends so they could help him with his work, and took care of her 2-year-old child!
Narrator 2: Fortunately, Martin lived, but it was when she learned how to burn the candle at both ends.*

From Can’t Spell Truth Without Ruth

*Burn the candle at both ends: It refers to a situation when someone stays up late and wakes up early in the morning, in a totally exhausted condition. The above written lines are part of the narration in the movie.

“Can’t Spell Truth Without Ruth” is a documentary film drawing the whole life picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1993. Also world-wide famous for ‘Notorious RGB’, she devoted her life to fighting for women rights starting from the time when women were treated as inferior to men. This movie was nominated in the 72nd British Academy Film Awards in the Documentary category and the 2019 Oscars in the Feature Documentary category which proves the film’s quality.
 

By Baek Min-joo, Guest Reporter