ESPN Previews ‘Fifty/50’ Programming for 50th Anniversary of Title IX

The programming in June will include 50 women’s stories explained to in various formats, from extended-sort reporting to documentary storytelling, podcasts, options, and digital and social platforms. They contain:

• 37 Terms, a four-part docuseries from Dawn Porter, a central piece of the information on the lookout at the a long time-spanning fight to nullify Title IX’s significance the rippling influence of the law throughout culture, entry and equality and how that battle carries on nowadays
• Fifty/50 Shorts, a series of stand-by yourself brief docs about gals in athletics and struggle for equality—made by directors Allison Glock, Kate T. Parker, Shayla Harris, Bethany Mollenkof, Elizabeth Lo and Bonni Cohen, and executive producer Robin Roberts
• Aspiration On, a three-section 30 for 30 docuseries about the 1996 U.S. women’s Olympic basketball crew and how it led to the beginning of the WNBA
• Our The united states: Fifty/50, a selection of eight shorter documentaries profiling youthful ladies and ladies affiliated with the Women Sports Basis and espnW’s Athletics 4 Daily life Software

“Title IX is one particular of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in America’s heritage, but it may possibly also be the most misunderstood,” Porter says of her documentary. “I wanted to make this film for the reason that it speaks not just to my heart, but to problems that continue to be crucial right now. This is a tale we assume we know, but really don’t.”

“This initiative is an remarkable endeavor by our staff to supply a 360-diploma look at of the journey of females in sports and to underscore our dedication to telling women’s stories,” says Jimmy Pitaro, chairman, ESPN and athletics content material. “Fifty/50 promises to be a venture about a tale in development, examining where we’ve been and exactly where we are headed.”

“Fifty/50 is this kind of an important and enjoyable initiative, and we established out to make one thing that honored the earlier 50 a long time and all the gals who have moved the sports planet and the entire world at huge ahead,” provides Molly Jamison, inventive director at Arts & Letters. “By applying a seamless interconnected visible system towards the straightforward, but potent 37 words and phrases of Title IX, we confirmed how each individual contribution and particular person in this fight has pushed progress and established unstoppable momentum into the foreseeable future.”

CREDITS

Client: ESPN
Laura Gentile: EVP, Business Advertising and marketing, Disney Networks & ESPN
Rachel Epstein: Senior Director, Emerging Qualities & Makes
Christina Ryan: Advertising Manager, Rising Qualities & Models
Amanda Marcotullio: Marketing Supervisor, Rising Qualities & Manufacturers
Stennett Smith: Affiliate Advertising Manager, Emerging Attributes & Brand names

Company: ARTS & LETTERS Innovative CO.
Charles Hodges: Founder, Executive Inventive Director
Molly Jamison: Creative Director
NJ Placentra: Creative Director
Lillian O’Connor: Resourceful
Brett Simone: Imaginative
Temma Shoaf: Director of Output
Calleen Colburn: Government Producer
Rachel Acors: Senior Producer
Wealthy Weinstein: Controlling Director
Brenda Schneider: Team Company Director
Hill Shore: Enterprise Director
Erin Shepherd: : Company Supervisor
Andy Grayson: Director of Approach
Jessica Sartoretto: Strategy Director
Alex Morrison: Method Director
Millie Tunnell: Strategist
Nana Dadzie: Strategist
Lenora Cushing: Director of Business Affairs
Jennifer Kmetzsch: Organization Affairs Assistant
Casey Wheeler: Tunes Supervisor
Tom Anesta: Team Supervisor

EDITORIAL: Cosmo Road Editorial
Marlo Caine: Editor 
Moss Levenson: Assistant Editor
Amanda Slamin: Senior Producer 
Jon Magel: Guide Flame Artist
John Erdman: Lead Animator
Cara Flynn: Senior Ending Producer

Colour: Corporation 3
Kath Raisch: Colorist

AUDIO Mix:: WAVE NY
Chris Afzal: Sound Designer & Mixer
Eleni Giannopoulos: Producer

LICENSING
Courtesy of College of Illinois
Schlesinger Library, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
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