Rise of the Wahine
2014
⏱️ 99 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
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.
Cast
Crew
Director
Dean Kaneshiro
Writer
Dean Kaneshiro, Dean Kaneshiro, Tiffany Taylor
Producer
Tiffany Taylor, Dean Kaneshiro
Production
Earth Suit Media, Angel & Company
Keywords
hawaiivolleyballinstitutional discriminationwomen's rightswomen's sports