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Give Me the Ball! review – tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King is ferocious force for equality

The Guardian Film·Nov 11, 2026 · 5:00 AM CT
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The Guardian gives a warm review to "Give Me the Ball!," a documentary portrait of Billie Jean King with talking-head interviews with King and plenty of archive footage. It traces her push for equal prize money, her role launching the Virginia Slims women's tour and coming to terms with her sexuality.

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