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8 mar 1999 · Dare to Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sports. TV Movie. 1999. 1h 21m. IMDb RATING. 7.1 /10. 20. YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary Sport. Add a plot in your language. Stars. Lauren Hutton. Billie Jean King. Martina Navratilova. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. Awards. 1 win. Photos. Add photo. Top cast. Lauren Hutton. Narrator.
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4 mar 1999 · I remembered all the times as a private citizen—when I'm upstairs at the White House now, I can indulge my obsession with sports by watching women athletes as well as men, across a whole range of endeavors—all the joy, all the elation, all because the pioneers in this room and on this film dared to compete.
Using landmark moments of American history as a barometer for women’s athletic achievements, this superb documentary reveals how the suffrage movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the feminist movement of the 60s and the more recent Title IX legislation set the stage for the rise of today’s female athletic superstars.
Brief Synopsis. Documentary exploring the history of women in sports. Highlights the struggles and triumphs of many of this century's greatest female athletes, showing how each generation paved the way for future women athletes to close the gender gap on and off the field of play. Cast & Crew. Read More. Mamie Johnson. Chris Evert-lloyd.
Dare to Compete gets two thumbs up. Five stars. It's a home run. Written by tennis player-turned broadcaster Mary Carillo and Frank Deford, this documentary traces the historic struggle of women to compete on playing fields so long controlled by men. During this 80-minute history class you will laugh and you will cry. How powerful is Dare to ...
"Dare To Compete: The Struggle of Women In Sports" is a linear, focused history of important incidents in women's sports history: the 800-meter run in the 1928 Olympics, the formation of the AAGPBL during World War II, Babe Didrikson Zaharias' courageous performance in the 1954 U.S. Women's Open, Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs in the ...
For HBO’s groundbreaking 1999 documentary, Dare to Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sports, she served as co-writer with Frank Deford. The efforts of Carillo and the rest of the documentary’s contributors were rewarded with a 2000 George Foster Peabody Award.
