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Renée
Renée
PG
Subtitles / CC
20111h 17m
DocumentariesSports

"Renée" 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.


Renée

Growing up the ultimate alpha-male, Dick Raskind always felt different from other guys. Still, it wasn't until his 40s, after getting married and having a son, that Dick was reborn as Renée Richards. A dynamite tennis player, Renée took the sports world by storm when she attempted to enter the 1977 U.S. Open as a woman. Directed by Eric Drath, this fascinating film chronicles the surprising and affecting human story behind one of America’s first transgender people in the public eye.

Duration:1h 17m
Release Date:2011
Genre:DocumentariesSports
Rating:
PG
Director:Eric Drath

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