Film
Rise of the Wahine
2014Directed by Dean Kaneshiro
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
About Rise of the Wahine
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Dean Kaneshiro
- Writers
- Dean Kaneshiro
- Tiffany Taylor
