A League Of Their Own director Penny Marshall is swinging at a baseball biopic about Effa Manley, the sports trailblazer who became the first woman to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I love this announcement for so many reasons. First, A League of Their Own is one of my favorite films … [Read more...]
“Fight Like a Girl ” Documentary Tells Tales of Overcoming Struggles
There is never a singular reason to pursue boxing and not one mindset to train in it. This is one of the many lessons from Jill Morley’s award winning documentary “Fight Like a Girl”, which saw it’s major release to most formats this week. The movie follow Morely beginning … [Read more...]
‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Slated to Become a Stage Musical
Twelve years after the box office success of Bend It Like Beckham, a stage adaptation of the hit film is in the works and set to make its London debut. Due to open at the West End’s Phoenix Theater next May, the musical will follow the same path as the film, telling the story of a Punjabi Sikh … [Read more...]
“Glena” Documentary Goes Inside Motherhood, Starting Late, and Tackling Struggles in WMMA
For 15 minutes, Glena Avila is a warrior in a cage and the person people cheer (or sometimes boo) for. Outside the arena, she is a warrior in a different way. Showtime premiered “Glena” Thursday night which followed Avila for a year as she ended her amateur career and turned pro. We got … [Read more...]
Glena Avila Documentary Accepted to SlamDance Film Festival
The long awaited documentary about Oregon MMA fighter Glena Avila has been accepted as an entry into the prestigious SlamDance Film Festival. Emmy award winning filmmaker Allan Luebke and producer Josh Leake followed Avila for two years as she was juggling her life as a mom and an … [Read more...]
Documentary aims to dispel myth that “no one is interested in women’s sports”#heresproof
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, in partnership with tptMN, will debut a groundbreaking documentary that uses research to examine the amount and type of coverage given to female athletes. Titled “Media Coverage and Female … [Read more...]
Lifetime will air Gabby Douglas biopic with 2 actresses in lead role
Lolo Jones lands role in ‘Left Behind’ movie starring Nicolas Cage
Nine for IX, Part III: The Biographies
The middle of the ESPN's Nine for IX series is comprised of biographies of individual athletes. In this post I discuss films 4 and 5 which feature two very different athletes: former collegiate and professional basketball player Sheryl Swoopes; and freediver Audrey Mestre. The former is the more … [Read more...]
“Fight Like a Girl” Boxing Documentary to Premier Saturday
Four female boxers tell their story of struggles and success in the long awaited documentary “Fight Like a Girl” which will have its first screening in Hamilton, NY this coming Saturday. Maureen Shea, Jill Morley, Kimberly Tomes, and Susan Merlucci come from different backgrounds and … [Read more...]