On the Line: The Richard Williams Story

Jun 12, 2022

1h 32m

★ 8.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

High Frequency Entertainment

On the Line: The Richard Williams Story Trailers

Cast

Self

Richard Williams

Self

Billie Jean King

Self

Katrina Adams

Self (archive footage)

Venus Williams

Self (archive footage)

Serena Williams

Self

Janna Zurita

Self

Dale Caldwell

Self

Patricia Moore

Self

Kelvin Brown

Self

Oracene Price

Self

Verma Lee Henderson

Self

Hershey Jones

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