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MINK!

Ben Proudfoot · USA · Documentary / Sports · 21 min · 78K views

Directed by Ben Proudfoot · 2022

The story of Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to the US Congress, and her fight for Title IX, the landmark law that reshaped gender equity in American schools and sports.

A fast, archive-rich portrait of the trailblazer behind Title IX, from an Oscar-winning documentary director.

Fresh off an Oscar win for The Queen of Basketball, Ben Proudfoot is back with his latest NYTimes Op/Doc film, a propulsive profile of the feminist trailblazer Patsy Takemoto Mink and the origin of the landmark legislati

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