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Rise of the Wahine

  • November 2014
  • 1hr

    39mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Dean Kaneshiro,

    Starring

    Sarah Wayne Callies,

    Donnis Thompson,

    Patsy Mink,

    Beth McLachlin

    ...

    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.