I had never heard of Lusia Harris before watching "The Queen of Basketball". It turns out that she died last year, around the time that the documentary won an Academy Award!
Anyway, the documentary shows the struggles with which Harris had to put up in her efforts to become a basketball player in the days when there was no WNBA. Much of the documentary features an interview with Harris. She just gives the straight stuff, no megalomania or anything. It's clear that this woman had to fight tooth and nail so that other women could participate in the sport.
I don't know if I would call it the greatest documentary of all time, but it's a good look at what people have to go through when the deck is stacked against them (in Harris's case, she was the daughter of sharecroppers in Mississippi). It's too bad that of all the Oscar-nominated movies, the documentaries are usually the least seen; they do tell the most important stories. Check this one out if you can; it's available on YouTube.
Anyway, the documentary shows the struggles with which Harris had to put up in her efforts to become a basketball player in the days when there was no WNBA. Much of the documentary features an interview with Harris. She just gives the straight stuff, no megalomania or anything. It's clear that this woman had to fight tooth and nail so that other women could participate in the sport.
I don't know if I would call it the greatest documentary of all time, but it's a good look at what people have to go through when the deck is stacked against them (in Harris's case, she was the daughter of sharecroppers in Mississippi). It's too bad that of all the Oscar-nominated movies, the documentaries are usually the least seen; they do tell the most important stories. Check this one out if you can; it's available on YouTube.