Rise of the Wahine
99min
-2014
-Documentary
In the years following the Civil Rights movement and the passage of Title IX in 1972, Dr. Donnis Thompson (a headstrong African-American female coach), Patsy Mink (the first Asian-American U.S. congresswoman), and Beth McLachlin (the team captain of a rag-tag female volleyball team), battled discrimination from the halls of Washington D.C. to the dusty volleyball courts of the University of Hawaii, fighting for the rights of young women to play sports.
Top Cast
Sarah Wayne Callies
Narrator
Donnis Thompson
Herself (archive footage)
Patsy Mink
Self (archive footage)
Beth McLachlin
Herself
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