Sport: Girl Power

I want to play volleyball, but I don't anymore. That's why I made this film: to approach the sport again after a break caused by hotpants and body hatred.

Sylvie and Karim have given it a lot of thought. At every breakfast and on every walk from the loo to the bathroom. They’re ready to put the money they earned from scrubbing toilets and cleaning up the Bellevue Hotel into Sylvie’s latest aspiration: acquiring a domestic football player.

The Queen of Basketball is an Academy Award® winning, electrifying portrait of Lusia “Lucy” Harris, who scored the first basket in women’s Olympic history and was the first and only woman officially drafted into the N.B.A. Despite her incredible accomplishments, Harris, who died unexpectedly on January 18, has remained largely unknown — until now. Here, she shares her story in her own words.

In summer 2021 Kabul falls to Taliban, members of the Under-18 Afghan Women’s Football Team attempt a daring evacuation from their homeland. Ayenda tells the thrilling story of how the girls escaped with their lives, and the improbable network that banded together to get them out.