Making waves : a documentary / by Frances McElroy.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

McElroy, Frances, producer, director.

Fontes, Flávia, editor.

Sennhenn, Eric, director of photography.

Romanenko, Boris, director of photography.

Shirley Road Productions, producer, distributor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rowing.

Racism in sports.

Discrimination in sports.

Sex discrimination in sports.

Classism.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (53 mins.) : sound, color, with some black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA. : Shirley Road Productions, [2011]

System Details:

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Through the personal experiences of several passionate rowers from diverse backgrounds, the documentary looks at the challenges facing this historically white, tradition bound sport in its efforts to increase diversity. Representing the sport's storied past and potential future, the individual stories interweave to mark the sport's evolution in terms of class, gender and race.

Credits:

Produced and directed by Frances McElroy; editor: Flávia Fontez; principle cinematography: Eric Sennhenn & Boris Romanenko;

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

OCLC:

824177031