Trailer To Doc Short ‘The Queen Of Basketball’
The New York Times Op-Docs has released a trailer for the upcoming documentary short The Queen of Basketball, directed by Ben Proudfoot and executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal.
She is arguably the greatest living women’s basketball player. She’s won three national trophies; she played in the ‘76 Olympics; she was drafted to the NBA. But have you ever heard of Lucy Harris?
The film tells the story of Lusia “Lucy” Harris, one of the greatest women basketball players in U.S. history. Harris’ name is little known even to many with deep knowledge of the game, despite her incredible accomplishments—winning three national titles in college and a silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal (she was the first woman to score a basket in Olympic history).
Harris also became the first woman ever officially drafted by an NBA team, when the New Orleans Jazz (now the Utah Jazz) selected her in 1977 in the 7th round. She was inducted into both the pro basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Directed by Ben Proudfoot, who earned a 2021 Oscar nomination for his short film A Concerto Is a Conversation (co-directed with Kris Bowers), the film won Best Documentary Short at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and was also awarded a Special Jury Mention from DOC NYC.
