Film

Rise of the Wahine 2014

99 min TMDB 5.0 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.

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Cast

  • Sarah Wayne Callies as Narrator
  • Donnis Thompson as Herself (archive footage)
  • Patsy Mink as Self (archive footage)
  • Beth McLachlin as Herself
  • Dave Shoji as Himself
  • Wendy Mink as Self

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