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Give Me the Ball!

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United States2025101 minEnglish
Give Me the Ball!

World champion tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King has had a game-changing impact on culture and sports. Rare archive and candid interviews with Billie Jean and those closest to her reveal how one woman put changing the world ahead of saving herself.

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World champion tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King has had a game-changing impact on culture and sports. Rare archive and candid interviews with Billie Jean and those closest to her reveal how one woman put changing the world ahead of saving herself.

The story of professional women’s sports could not be told without Billie Jean King. Her status is so iconic, some might lose sight of the real human being — her struggles, her flaws, and her all-consuming, competitive drive. In fighting for equity for herself and others, King was uncompromising, to the point of subordinating her personal well-being by hiding her sexual orientation and eating disorders. Directors Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff present Billie Jean King in full, in her own words, and with archival footage that brings the dark times and indelible victories to life again. With refreshing honesty and the hard-won perspective of having lived through it all, Give Me the Ball! is an electric portrait of one of the greatest of all time. — SS

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Screenings

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  • Jan 26, 6:00 PM MST
    Premiere

    Eccles Theatre

    Park City

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  • Jan 27, 7:30 PM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 1

    Park City

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  • Jan 29, 1:50 PM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 3

    Park City

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  • Jan 30, 6:00 PM MST
    Screening

    Rose Wagner Center

    Salt Lake City

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  • Jan 31, 12:00 PM MST
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    The Yarrow Theatre

    Park City

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  • Feb 1, 8:30 AM MST
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    The Ray Theatre

    Park City

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    Credits

    • Director(s)

      Liz Garbus

      Elizabeth Wolff

    • Producers

      Liz Garbus

      Elizabeth Wolff

      Dominic Crossley-Holland

      Dan Cogan

      Chris James

      Gentry Kirby

    • Executive Producers

      Jon Bardin

      Tommy Coriale

      Louis Mole

      Isabel Davis

      Jay de Andrade

      Ben Lampkin

      Heather Anderson

      Marsha Cooke

      Brian Lockhart

      Burke Magnus

    • Co-Executive Producer

      Seth Abraham

    • Edited by

      Joshua L. Pearson

    • Director of Photography

      Thorsten Thielow

      Tony Hardmon

    • Music by

      Laura Karpman

    • Archival Producers

      Helen R. Russell

      Andrew Mayz

    • Associate Producer

      Charlotte Zonis

    • Contact

      Ryan Mazie

      ryanmaziepr@gmail.com

    Meet the Artist

    Panelist Name

    Liz Garbus

      Liz Garbus is a two-time Emmy Award–winning and two-time Academy Award–nominated filmmaker. She has helmed celebrated genre-defying documentaries and premium drama series as a director and executive producer under her company Story Syndicate.

      Panelist Name

      Elizabeth Wolff

        Elizabeth Wolff is drawn to the ways stories from the past help us make sense of the world today. Named one of DOC NYC’s 2023 “40 Under 40,” she specializes in adapting biography, memoir, and political histories into documentaries and has collaborated with Liz Garbus on several acclaimed projects.

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