Caitlin Clark flinging her sneaker at a locker room wall in frustration after a tough loss. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder and UCLA coach Cori Close lighting into their teams during halftime. Players being candid about which NCAA Tournament opponent they want to face. LSU coach Kim Mulkey telling South Carolina coach Dawn Staley right before the tip of their game on Jan. 25, “Girl, they can say whatever the hell they want, it don’t get no better than what you and I put on that f—— floor! And don’t you ever forget it!”
Filmmaker Kristen Lappas has helmed documentaries on Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and the 1996 gold medal-winning U.S. women’s basketball team, among other projects, and one of her guiding principles as a filmmaker is to not make a film soft. So, if Staley tells star center Kamilla Cardoso, “You gotta f—— play, Kamilla!” during an uninspired stretch from her star center against LSU, that’s what you are going to see.
“Generally speaking, when we see any content about female athletes, it’s usually very flowery, a little bit watered down, they’re polite, they don’t curse, everybody is friends and it’s very vanilla,” Lappas said. “That’s just not what it is. It’s intense and exciting, and women are (as) authentic and…
