Rise of the Wahine (2014)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Nov 09, 2014

Runtime : 1h 39m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Earth Suit Media, Angel & Company

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : hawaii, volleyball, institutional discrimination, women's rights, women's sports