Battle of the Sexes Gala Screening - 26th June
- Competition closed -
“I wanted to change the hearts and minds of people. And as we know, to change hearts and minds to match the law isn't that easy. So I had to beat him for a lot of reasons. But it wasn't about a tennis match - it was about social change.” – Billie Jean King
“Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats, she's one of the superstars, she's ready for the big one, but she doesn't stand a chance against me, women's tennis is so far beneath men's tennis.”
Bobby Riggs, 1973
It was a match made in heaven: she was the darling of American tennis, an outspoken activist against sexism in sport and society; he was the charismatic, fast talking, hustling chauvinist showman. Yet their unlikely ‘courtship’, in the midst of a social revolution, captured the imaginations of people around the world, empowered a generation, and changed sport forever.
From Victoria Gregory, the co-producer of Man on Wire and line producer of Senna, and James Erskine, the director of One Night in Turin and From the Ashes, The Battle of the Sexes will be released in cinemas across the UK.
IN UK CINEMAS FROM JUNE 28
Directed by JAMES ERSKINE AND ZARA HAYES
Featuring interviews with:
Billie Jean King
Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Larry Riggs
Virginia Wade, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova
Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki
And many more…
"I want to prove that women are lousy, they stink, they don't belong
on the same court as a man."
- Bobby Riggs
