MAIDEN (2018) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Alex Holmes
In 1989, for the first time ever, an all-female crew entered a boat in the Whitbread Round-the-World Yacht Race. Nobody except maybe the girls thought they'd get very far. What happened once the race was underway surprised everybody, and that's the narrative that drives this documentary. Yachting's a sport that takes money - lots of it - and skipper/navigator Tracy Edwards lucked out when she made the acquaintance of Jordan's King Hussein, who bankrolled the project at a point when the financing appeared to be out of reach. The rest is the women on and against the sea. It's a thrilling, inspiring journey, with more than enough tense moments and close calls to keep you on board to the end. Even if you don't share a sailor's obsession with wind and open water, you don't want to miss this race.
