In the opening scene of documentary “Born to Play,” members of the Boston Renegades are seen, quietly at first, engaged in the pre-game ritual of putting on pads and uniforms. But pretty soon, a chorus of hands slapping locker doors and throaty cheers erupt as the all-women Division-i tackle football team gets hyped up to step onto the field.
Such is the unbridled, doing-it-for-the-love spirit director Viridiana Lieberman hoped to capture in her feature-length directorial debut, for which Variety has an exclusive clip (above) and debuts on ESPN on July 1. Lieberman followed the Renegades, a Women’s Football Alliance team, throughout their 2018 season as they tried to capture the Wfa national championship after falling short the season before.
The filmmaker and longtime women’s sports fan had completed a graduate degree in women’s studies where she examined cinematic representations of female athletes (her thesis turned into the book “Sports...
Such is the unbridled, doing-it-for-the-love spirit director Viridiana Lieberman hoped to capture in her feature-length directorial debut, for which Variety has an exclusive clip (above) and debuts on ESPN on July 1. Lieberman followed the Renegades, a Women’s Football Alliance team, throughout their 2018 season as they tried to capture the Wfa national championship after falling short the season before.
The filmmaker and longtime women’s sports fan had completed a graduate degree in women’s studies where she examined cinematic representations of female athletes (her thesis turned into the book “Sports...
- 6/30/2020
- by Audrey Cleo Yap
- Variety Film + TV
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