On the Line: The Richard Williams Story

On the Line: The Richard Williams Story (2022)

June 12th, 20221h 32min

Documentary
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Told in his own words using interviews spanning from the 1980s through now, father and tennis coach Richard Williams retraces his family's journey from the courts in Compton to the grass at Wimbledon, defying every custom of the lily-white tennis establishment and fighting back against a system of oppression to raise two of the greatest champions in history - Venus and Serena Williams.


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