About the film
Martha & Ethel is a 1994 documentary film directed by Jyll Johnstone. It premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It was subsequently nominated for a Directors Guild of America award, losing to Steve James for Hoop Dreams.
The film was distributed in theaters by Sony Pictures Classics and on home video by Columbia TriStar Home Video.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).