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Each day, people around the world get up and work to achieve things that they’ve been told are impossible. They refuse to back down from their dreams. And the documentary Maiden follows a team of women who ignored criticism and condescension in their quest to make history.
Maiden tells the story of the first all-female crew to sail a yacht in the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. Told that women could never compete—or even survive the journey around the world—Tracy Edwards set out to prove everyone wrong. After fighting her way to a position as a cook on one of the crews, she decided that it was time for women to join the competition—so, with three years before the next race, she assembled a crew and battled the pressures and the prejudices to make their dream a reality.
Through archive footage and interviews, Maiden tells the inspiring story of one woman who refused to believe that her dream was impossible—and the team who shared her vision. Tracy Edwards is a fascinating character: a woman who, for all intents and purposes, should not have succeeded. While she may not have been the strongest or the most experienced skipper, though, this aimless young woman, who found freedom from her troubled life by taking to the seas, was the one with the drive and determination to ignore everyone who insulted her, underestimated her, and expected her to fail.
This ground-breaking crew was filled with strong personalities, but the focus, of course, is on Edwards—on her background, her dream, and the steps she took to achieve what no one thought she could. Her story is often tense and emotional—one obstacle after another. As she struggles to find funding for the team and their yacht, as she faces each hardship at sea, and as she leads her team on one leg of this treacherous journey after another, you’ll be captivated by her story. And as the women recall the prejudice they encountered throughout the journey, you’ll be all the more eager to cheer them over the finish line.
With its perfect blend of personality and sailing footage, Maiden brings audiences along on this remarkable journey with a history-making misfit and her unlikely team. Their against-all-odds story will entertain and inspire—and it’ll send you back out into the world with a new determination to do the impossible.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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