Women Sports Film Festival and The Maiden Factor invite you to a special benefit screening of the film, MAIDEN, followed by a conversation with guest captain, Wendy Tuck and the crew of the yacht, Maiden, featured in the film and docked in San Francisco during late August 2019. Program will include a special recorded message from film subject, Tracy Edwards.
View Trailer HERE!
In 1989, the very idea of a competitive all-female sailboat crew was nearly inconceivable to the male-dominated world of open-ocean yacht racing. They’d never make it to the start of the race, much less survive to the finish. They’d never find funding. They didn’t have the strength or skill. They’d die at sea. Tracy Edwards proved them wrong.
26-year-old skipper Edwards, her second-hand racing yacht Maiden, and her seasoned crew not only became the first-ever all-woman challenge to the Whitbread Round the World Race, they proved able competitors in the famously grueling race, besting male crews in their class. By the time they returned to their starting point at Southampton, England after 32,000 miles of global racing, they had shocked, inspired, and transfixed the sailing world and the British nation.
The story of Maiden’s upstart, defiant run has all the elements of an epic adventure tale—50-foot waves, life and death drama, near-mutiny, thrilling victory—grounded in a perceptive group portrait of a team of courageous young women led by the remarkable, complicated Tracy Edwards. They pioneered the sport of long-distance racing for the women who followed and inspired women in all fields to prove themselves the equal of men. Director: Alex Holmes (USA, 2019) Rated PG-13
GRIPPING! STUNNING! A CROWD PLEASER LIKELY TO LEAVE AUDIENCES CHEERING! - Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter
Proceeds from ticket sales will be shared by The Maiden Factor Foundation & Women Sports Film Festival to further their respective educational activities.
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View Trailer HERE!
In 1989, the very idea of a competitive all-female sailboat crew was nearly inconceivable to the male-dominated world of open-ocean yacht racing. They’d never make it to the start of the race, much less survive to the finish. They’d never find funding. They didn’t have the strength or skill. They’d die at sea. Tracy Edwards proved them wrong.
26-year-old skipper Edwards, her second-hand racing yacht Maiden, and her seasoned crew not only became the first-ever all-woman challenge to the Whitbread Round the World Race, they proved able competitors in the famously grueling race, besting male crews in their class. By the time they returned to their starting point at Southampton, England after 32,000 miles of global racing, they had shocked, inspired, and transfixed the sailing world and the British nation.
The story of Maiden’s upstart, defiant run has all the elements of an epic adventure tale—50-foot waves, life and death drama, near-mutiny, thrilling victory—grounded in a perceptive group portrait of a team of courageous young women led by the remarkable, complicated Tracy Edwards. They pioneered the sport of long-distance racing for the women who followed and inspired women in all fields to prove themselves the equal of men. Director: Alex Holmes (USA, 2019) Rated PG-13
GRIPPING! STUNNING! A CROWD PLEASER LIKELY TO LEAVE AUDIENCES CHEERING! - Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter
Proceeds from ticket sales will be shared by The Maiden Factor Foundation & Women Sports Film Festival to further their respective educational activities.
Women Sports Film Festival and The Maiden Factor invite you to a special benefit screening of the film, MAIDEN, followed by a conversation with guest captain, Wendy Tuck and the crew of the yacht, Maiden, featured in the film and docked in San Francisco during late August 2019. Program will include a special recorded message from film subject, Tracy Edwards.
View Trailer HERE!
In 1989, the very idea of a competitive all-female sailboat crew was nearly inconceivable to the male-dominated world of open-ocean yacht racing. They’d never make it to the start of the race, much less survive to the finish. They’d never find funding. They didn’t have the strength or skill. They’d die at sea. Tracy Edwards proved them wrong.
26-year-old skipper Edwards, her second-hand racing yacht Maiden, and her seasoned crew not only became the first-ever all-woman challenge to the Whitbread Round the World Race, they proved able competitors in the famously grueling race, besting male crews in their class. By the time they returned to their starting point at Southampton, England after 32,000 miles of global racing, they had shocked, inspired, and transfixed the sailing world and the British nation.
The story of Maiden’s upstart, defiant run has all the elements of an epic adventure tale—50-foot waves, life and death drama, near-mutiny, thrilling victory—grounded in a perceptive group portrait of a team of courageous young women led by the remarkable, complicated Tracy Edwards. They pioneered the sport of long-distance racing for the women who followed and inspired women in all fields to prove themselves the equal of men. Director: Alex Holmes (USA, 2019) Rated PG-13
GRIPPING! STUNNING! A CROWD PLEASER LIKELY TO LEAVE AUDIENCES CHEERING! - Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter
Proceeds from ticket sales will be shared by The Maiden Factor Foundation & Women Sports Film Festival to further their respective educational activities.
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View Trailer HERE!
In 1989, the very idea of a competitive all-female sailboat crew was nearly inconceivable to the male-dominated world of open-ocean yacht racing. They’d never make it to the start of the race, much less survive to the finish. They’d never find funding. They didn’t have the strength or skill. They’d die at sea. Tracy Edwards proved them wrong.
26-year-old skipper Edwards, her second-hand racing yacht Maiden, and her seasoned crew not only became the first-ever all-woman challenge to the Whitbread Round the World Race, they proved able competitors in the famously grueling race, besting male crews in their class. By the time they returned to their starting point at Southampton, England after 32,000 miles of global racing, they had shocked, inspired, and transfixed the sailing world and the British nation.
The story of Maiden’s upstart, defiant run has all the elements of an epic adventure tale—50-foot waves, life and death drama, near-mutiny, thrilling victory—grounded in a perceptive group portrait of a team of courageous young women led by the remarkable, complicated Tracy Edwards. They pioneered the sport of long-distance racing for the women who followed and inspired women in all fields to prove themselves the equal of men. Director: Alex Holmes (USA, 2019) Rated PG-13
GRIPPING! STUNNING! A CROWD PLEASER LIKELY TO LEAVE AUDIENCES CHEERING! - Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter
Proceeds from ticket sales will be shared by The Maiden Factor Foundation & Women Sports Film Festival to further their respective educational activities.
show less
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