ESPNW Releases Inspirational 'When I Play' Film for Women's Herstory Month

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ESPNW Releases Inspirational 'When I Play' Film for Women's Herstory Month

Short film celebrates women in athletics for Women's History Month.


March is Women's Herstory Month, and ESPNW released an inspiration short film celebrating women in athletics to kick off the month. (http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/espnW-womenmakinghistory170301/new-brand-film-play-kicks-women-history-month
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Billed as a "women-created and produced short film [that] gives voice to every woman and girl who sees their movement as a movement," the video is a narrated poem written by Allison Glock -- an award-winning journalist -- who served as the creative director for the project.

Glock wrote:

"Women across nations are still told in myriad ways, spoken and not, that we should not 'play.'

We are warned not to get dirty in the schoolyard. We are advised to "act like a lady," or "dress like a woman." We are chided when our bodies become "too big" or "too strong." We continue to have to fight for the right of women's athletic programs to exist and for our female champions to earn equal pay. Too often we are silenced, even on the Senate floor.

'When I Play' is a film that directly and unapologetically celebrates who we are, what we want to be, why our visibility matters, and gives voice to women and girls who see their athleticism as a way to reclaim themselves, to find themselves and to embrace their power."

All the actors in the film are athletes, and their stories can be found below the video on the ESPNW article. Each athlete tells her story in sports, like Ashley, a 27-year-old skateboarder, who says: “I would hear from other people, 'Girls shouldn't play sports.' That never stopped me. Skateboarding is the ultimate freedom. I wake up when I step on my skateboard. All my thoughts and worries go away when I ride.”

Watch the video here:

http://herosports.com/news/espnw-releases-inspirational-when-i-play-film-for-womens-history-month-byby