Rise of the Wahine
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.
Top Billed Cast
Sarah Wayne Callies
Narrator
Donnis Thompson
Herself (archive footage)
Patsy Mink
Self (archive footage)
Beth McLachlin
Herself
Dave Shoji
Himself
Featured Crew
Dean Kaneshiro
Director
Dean Kaneshiro
Writer
Dean Kaneshiro
Editor
Paulette Wooton
Music
Dean Kaneshiro
Cinematography
Andrew Ketchum
Sound
Matthew Twitchell
Visual Effects
Peter Fowler
Second Unit Cinematographer
Bryan Davis
Second Unit Cinematographer
Victor Salazar
Second Unit Cinematographer
Nikki Miyamoto
Second Unit Cinematographer
Brad Watanabe
Second Unit Cinematographer