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History

Althea Gibson was Black, and Angela Buxton was Jewish. And in 1956, they faced prevailing racism in the UK and changed the face of professional tennis by winning the ladies’ doubles trophy at Wimbledon. Gibson went on to finally win the ladies singles title at Wimbledon in 1957, and also formed a lifelong friendship with Buxton.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Match
Original Language EN
Status Planned
Popularity 0.3

Key Crew

Executive Producer Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Isha Price
Screenplay Liz Maccie
Producer Richard Stern, Julie Snyder, Navid McIlhargey

Production

1Community
US
Access Entertainment
US
Four Daughters
Nine Two Six Productions
US

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Keywords

tennis female friendship based on true story period drama interracial friendship 1950s racial discrimination

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