Power Of The Dream Gets A Release Date on Prime Video
Prime Video has just announced a premiere date for its upcoming feature-length documentary featuring four-time WNBA champion, Sue Bird. Power of the Dream is a film about the empowering and unlikely true story of how a group of professional women’s basketball players took on a WNBA team owner and rallied behind now-Senator Raphael Warnock, forever changing the landscape of their sport and the course of U.S. politics.
In addition to Sue Bird, Key athletes offering first-hand accounts in the documentary include retired WNBA-star Angel McCoughtry, Layshia Clarendon of the Los Angeles Sparks, Elizabeth Williams of the Chicago Sky, and Nneka Ogwumike of the Seattle Storm, as well as media personalities Jemele Hill and Holly Rowe.
Presented by Prime Video Sports, Power of the Dream is produced by Dawn Porter, Sue Bird, Nneka Ogwumike, and Tracee Ellis Ross. The executive producers are Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Jessica Robertson, Brett Bouttier, and Reni Calister.
The film was born during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. U.S. Senator Kelly Leoffler issued a public statement criticizing the WNBA for supporting Black Lives Matter efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020.
“2020 was a time of reckoning, I think for a lot of people, myself included,” Bird told Sports Business Journal. “I think what made my experience a little different is I played sports my whole life, I played basketball my whole life. A lot of my close friends are Black. For me, it was about understanding when it was time to take more of a backseat when it was a time to use my voice more as a white person in that room. I say in the documentary there are times when it was easier for me because it wasn’t impacting me in the same way it was my Black teammates and the other Black women in this league. I had to make sure that I was able to step to the forefront when it was more difficult.”
While Power of the Dream is not exclusively about queer issues, Sue Bird is a member of the community and came out in 2017 as a lesbian. She is currently engaged to retired soccer powerhouse, Megan Rapinoe.
You can take a first look at the Prime Video release of Power of the Dream here:
Power of the Dream premieres on Prime Video exclusively on June 18, 2024. Follow us on X and Instagram for all queer stuff!
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