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The Houston Herricanes, a women's professional full-tackle football team, find camaraderie and friendship as they controversially open a new door in the world of sports. Officially selected for SXSW's 2023 Documentary Spotlight category.
"The Herricanes is a love letter to football and the badass women who played it." Kyle Foley, But Why Tho? "It should quickly join A League of Their Own or Love and Basketball as influential films bringing the stories of professional women's sports to life."
Mar 11, 2023 · The Herricanes: Directed by Olivia Kuan. With Vivian Acosta, Linda Carpenter, Annise Parker, Dan Pastorini. The Houston Herricanes, a women's professional full-tackle football team, find camaraderie and friendship as they controversially open a new door in the world of sports.
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- Olivia Kuan
- 2023-03-11
The Herricanes is about women who kicked ass when the world said they couldn’t. Full Review | Apr 3, 2023. Stephen Saito Moveable Fest.
A group of women came together in the 1970s to form a professional football team called the Houston Herricanes. These groundbreaking ladies came to the field with little to no experience and left...
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- Documentary, Sports
- Olivia Kuan
Mar 16, 2023 · The Herricanes. A SXSW world premiere, directed by the daughter of one of the players, tells the story of women who played for the love of the game. Football has a long history of upstart, non-NFL football leagues, but none were quite like the National Women’s Football League.
6 days ago · When news of the formation of the National Women’s Football League in the early 1970s spread to Texas, an intersectional group of sporty feminists found friendship, comradery, and the occasional romance in one another as the best-named team in the league.
