The Battle of the Sexes
Queer Lisboa 19 Competition for Best Documentary Director: James Erskine, Zara Hayes United Kingdom, 2014, 83' Documentary Formaram uma inusitada parceria: ela era a rainha do ténis norte-americano, uma fervorosa ativista contra o sexismo no desporto e na sociedade; ele era o carismático e verborreico showman chauvinista. No entanto, o seu improvável “namoro”, decorrido a meio de uma revolução social, captou a imaginação de pessoas pelo mundo inteiro, deu força a toda uma geração e mudou o mundo do desporto para sempre. ... It was a match made in heaven: she was the darling of American tennis, an outspoken activist against sexism in sport and society; he was the charismatic, fast talking, hustling chauvinist showman. Yet their unlikely “courtship”, in the midst of a social revolution, captured the imaginations of people around the world, empowered a generation, and changed sport forever. http://www.queerlisboa.pt http://www.facebook.com/qlisboa
