Rise of the Wahine

(2014)

★ 5 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2014

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Dean Kaneshiro

Cast: Сара Уэйн Кэллис, Donnis Thompson, Patsy Mink, Beth McLachlin, Dave Shoji, Wendy Mink, Bernice Sandler, Lacey O'Neal, Chris McLachlin, Pat Saiki

Plot

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.