Citizen Ashe

Black History Month

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Runtime: 1 Hr. 34 Min. Rating: No Rating Release Year: 2021 Director: Rex Miller, Sam Pollard Producer: Steven Cantor, Anna Godas, Beth Hubbard, Rex Miller, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jamie Schutz Editor: R.A. Fedde, Lewis Rapkin, Federico Rosenzvit, Ben Sozanski Cast: Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, John McEnroe

Part of Black History Month, presented by Northwestern Mutual!

Filmmakers Sam Pollard and Rex Miller chart the evolution of tennis legend Arthur Ashe—still the only Black man to win singles championships at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open. The film chronicles how Ashe navigated between a conservative sports culture and the activist politics of the Civil Rights movement, finding his voice as an advocate for the oppressed before his life was cut short by AIDS-related complications at age 49.

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