The Battle of the Sexes

Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.

• James ErskineDirector
• Zara HayesDirector
• James ErskineWriter

• Billie Jean KingSelf
• Chris EvertSelf
• Bobby RiggsSelf (archive footage)
• Serena WilliamsSelf
• Maria SharapovaSelf
• Bella AbzugSelf (archive footage)