Let Them Wear Towels (2013)
Behind closed doors were closed minds.
During the 1977 World Series, Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke was denied access to the players' locker room. After a very public fight, the door was opened, but the debate about female journalists in the male sanctum of the clubhouse remained. Through interviews with pioneering female sports writers, Let Them Wear Towels captures the raw behavior, humorous retaliation, angry lawsuits and remarkable resolve that went into the struggle for equal access for women reporters.
- Release date
- July 16, 2013
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Paul Brill
Cast
- Christine Brennan as Self
- Betty Cuniberti as Self - First Woman in Dodgers Press Box
- Jane Gross as Self - First Woman in NBA Locker Room
- Robin Herman as Self - First Woman to Cover NHL
- Michele Himmelberg as Self - First Woman in 49ers Press Box
- Melissa Ludtke as Self - Sports Illustrated
- Erika Myers as Claire Smith
Crew
- Billie Jean King · Archive footage
- Bobby Riggs · Archive footage
- Jackie Robinson · Archive footage
- Ricki Stern · Director
- Anne Sundberg · Director
- Sarah Lupton · Writer
- Ricki Stern · Writer
- Anne Sundberg · Writer
- Sarah Lupton · Producer
- Paul Brill · Composer
- Charles Miller · Cinematographer
- Jim Cricchi · Editor