Rise of the Wahine

Name: Rise of the Wahine
Cast: Sarah Wayne Callies, Donnis Thompson, Patsy Mink, Beth McLachlin, Dave Shoji

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Dean KaneshiroWriter: Tiffany Taylor

Sarah Wayne Callies

as Narrator

Donnis Thompson

as Herself (archive footage)

Patsy Mink

as Self (archive footage)

Beth McLachlin

as Herself

Dave Shoji

as Himself

Wendy Mink

as Self

Bernice Sandler

as Herself

Lacey O'Neal

as Herself

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