Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Black Films, Goldcrest Capital, Media Squared Films
Keywords
- tennis
- feminism
- biography
- equality
- women's issues
- women's rights
- winter sport
- gender equality
- gender inequality
- sex code
- gender discrimination
Links
Top Cast
Billie Jean King as Self
Chris Evert as Self
Bobby Riggs as Self (archive footage)
Serena Williams as Self
Maria Sharapova as Self
Bella Abzug as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
James Erskine · Director, Writer
Zara Hayes · Director
Joel Devlin · Cinematographer
Adam Recht · Editor
Victoria Gregory · Producer
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