The Legend of Billie-Jean King: Battle of the Sexes

Year 2014Episode 1480 minJun 22, 2014
The Legend of Billie-Jean King: Battle of the Sexes
Storyville tells the riveting story of what happened when, in 1973, tennis star Billie Jean King agreed to face former world champion and self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig Bobby Riggs. It was a tennis match that gripped the world, a culmination of the struggle for equal rights that King and other female tennis players had been demanding for years. Through scintillating match footage, archive and interviews with key tennis players and pundits, the film tells the interrelated stories of the birth of women's professional tennis and the growth of the women's liberation movement from the 60s. The forcefully contrasting characters of the focused King and buffoonish Riggs make for a highly entertaining watch and climactic ending. A defining moment in the history of tennis and society at large.
The Legend of Billie-Jean King: Battle of the Sexes has aired on Jun 22, 2014 at 10:00 PM
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