actor

Rise of the Wahine

50 %|Nov 9, 2014|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.

Featured Crew

Tiffany Taylor
Producer
Paulette Wooton
Music
Brad Watanabe
Second Unit Cinematographer
Dean Kaneshiro
Director
Peter Fowler
Second Unit Cinematographer
Victor Salazar
Second Unit Cinematographer
Matthew Twitchell
Visual Effects
Nikki Miyamoto
Second Unit Cinematographer

Cast

actor
Donnis Thompson
Herself (archive footage)
actor
Patsy Mink
Self (archive footage)
actor
Dave Shoji
Himself
actor
Wendy Mink
Herself
actor
Pat Saiki
Herself