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Renée

Play trailer Poster for Renée 2011,  1h 19m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 2 Reviews Tomatometer 64% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 2 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
The film tells the story of Renée Richards' battle to enter the 1977 U.S. Open as the first transgender tennis player. Simultaneously, it follows her today as she struggles to cope with a life of contradictions and personal conflict. Through interviews with tennis legends, family, friends and experts from the transgender field; a story of perseverance, breakthrough and hardship unfolds.

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Brent Simon Shockya.com Jul 11, 2011
B-
Leaves some tougher questions of subconscious motivation under-explored, but interesting chiefly because of its subject matter, and the discombobulating sight of Richards, who is a weird blend of the skeletal and ethereal. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis The film tells the story of Renée Richards' battle to enter the 1977 U.S. Open as the first transgender tennis player. Simultaneously, it follows her today as she struggles to cope with a life of contradictions and personal conflict. Through interviews with tennis legends, family, friends and experts from the transgender field; a story of perseverance, breakthrough and hardship unfolds.
Director
Eric Drath
Producer
Eric Drath, Libby Geist
Screenwriter
Eric Drath
Production Co
ESPN Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 1, 2015
Runtime
1h 19m
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