(Rise of the Wahine)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

99 minutes

Year:

2014

Directors:

Dean Kaneshiro

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Production companies:

Earth Suit Media,

Angel & Company

Actors:

Narrator

Herself (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Herself

Himself

Crews:

Director

Writer

Editor

Music

Cinematography