Filmaker Kimberlee Bassford, who made the “Winning Girl” film broadcast on many PBS stations this week (but not here in Hawaii), left a comment which I wanted to share readers who don’t focus on comments.
You can click here to read the original post on this subject, in case you missed it.
Here’s Bassford’s short note:
You can now stream the film for free here:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365480867/
So please watch and continue the discussion. Thanks!
Kimberlee Bassford
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Leslie Wilcox has earned immense respect. and neither Leslie nor Kimberlee are above criticism, unless we want to live in a cave.
Kimberlee’s film is fresh, smart and engaging from the start. it tackles Hawaii’s history of sexual discrimination head-on during the first few minutes. the video’s real topic is Hawaii’s modern youth taking on Hawaii’s historic island cultures. young women are shown as tough and motivated yet kind at the same time. championship match at 15:00 is riveting stuff — but thankfully, wrestling matches only make up part of the scenses. i am not into sports and i would have lost interest if the video merely focused on wrestling; this wasn’t the case.
i have never met Kimberlee. i think her video easily met a PBS Hawaii “standard”, especially considering the other material that aired this week on PBS Hawaii.
“PBS Hawaii remains committed to sharing well-told documentaries about young women, Wilcox said, citing a long list of programs that have aired.”
i looked here and elsewhere on PBS Hawaii for these documentaries: http://pbshawaii.org/tag/women/
i see a few stories about young women that are historic, not current. not impressive. am very interested what people think about the video and the PBS Hawaii decision, now that the film is out.
PBS Hawaii in 2013 ran a half-hour documentary on “Long Story Short” in which Leslie Wilcox interviewed Clarissa Chun, the first woman wrestler from Hawaii to win a medal at the Olympics. I thought that show was excellent, and it made Clarissa Chun look like the sports hero which she is and a champion for women’s rights who overcame considerable adversity in her personal life to reach the top in her field. I just now watched the video “Winning Girl”, which I found somewhat dull and repetitive; and the girl featured in that video has nowhere near the compelling life story, competitiveness, achievement, or charisma of Clarissa Chun. I see nothing wrong with the video “Winning Girl”, but in a market with many uplifting programs which could be shown, it simply falls flat by comparison.
Really admirable young woman, awesome story of winning spirit, learning from losses, supportive family… thank you for sharing.
Inspirational story about a young girls quest for her dreams. I would recommend this documentary to all. I do not understand why this story is not being aired locally.
I saw winning girl and would like to buy a copy on dvd. The lowest price was about $90.00 on line. I would like to have it and watch it with my grandchildren but can’t afford this price.