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A WOMAN'S WORK: THE NFL'S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM

Dance, Documentary, Politics, Sports

A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem shines a spotlight on the NFL and its practices around wage theft and illegal employment of cheerleaders. Director Yu Gu follows several former cheerleaders, sharing both their legal and personal struggles as they fight for minimum wage and end 50 years of inequality inflicted by the NFL.

The film takes us on a journey focusing on an historic class-action lawsuit that cheerleaders were finally able to bring against the NFL. The subjects of the film inspire each other to take on this seemingly insurmountable battle, and share a story that is more timely than ever. Their fight for wage and gender equality epitomizes many of the challenges faced by working women in all sectors today.

—Deborah Rudolph

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Yu Gu

Yu Gu is a filmmaker born in Chongqing, China and raised in Vancouver, Canada. She works in both narrative and documentary film, exploring identity, migration, and the individual’s relationship to society. Her filmmaking practice is supported by the Sundance Institute, ITVS, Tribeca Film Institute, Firelight Media, and Film Independent.

Director

Yu Gu

Producer

Yu Gu, Elizabeth Ai

Screenwriter

Elizabeth Ai

Cinematographer

Yu Gu

Composer

Allyson Newman

Editor

Victoria Chalk

Associate Producer

Chris Nguyen, Samanta Helou Hernandez

Co-Producer

Jin Yoo-Kim

Cast

Maria Pinzone, Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields, Darci Burrell, Sharon Vinick, Leslie Levy, Sean Cooney

CONTACTS

International Sales Contact

Yu Gu

US Sales Contact

Yu Gu

Press Contact

Emma Griffiths
EG PR
Brooklyn, New York 11215
Phone: 9178060599
emma@eg-pr.com

Print Source

Yu Gu

Documentary Competition

World Premiere

A WOMAN'S WORK: THE NFL'S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Yu Gu

CONTACTS