LFG (2021) [N/A]
Featuring:
Rachel Maddow, Jessica McDonald, Sam Mewis
Written by:
Sean Fine
Andrea Nix
Directed by:
Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
Release Date:
June 17, 2021
Original Title:
LFG
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
CNN Films
Change Content
Everywoman Studios
Propagate Content
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 105
Equal play. Equal pay.
Three months before the 2019 World Cup, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation. At the center of this no-holds-barred account are the players themselves–Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara and others–who share their stories of courage and resiliency as they take on the biggest fight for women's rights since Title IX.
Three months before the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the players filed a class-action, gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, which sets the stage for LFG. The film interweaves transcendent athletic performances, including a record-breaking World Cup victory in 2019, with the players' ongoing pursuit for equal pay. LFG grants viewers unprecedented access to these game-changers as they meet the physical demands and pressures of being some of the world's top athletes, while showcasing their courage, unflinching spirit and resiliency in an effort to create long-lasting social change. Told by the players themselves, including Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara, Sam Mewis and others, this emotional and cinematic film uncovers what it takes to be at the center of the biggest fight for women's rights since Title IX.
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