‘The Herricanes’: America’s First All-Female Football League

Women eventually find their own way to play formerly all-male sports. This very fine documentary is the story of the first American women footballers.

The Herricanes (R) play a rival team in "The Herricanes." Wayfarer Studios/Inwood Road Films

Documentary | 1h 27m | Sports | Oct. 29, 2024

Like Penny Marshall’s delightful “A League of their Own” before it, “The Herricanes” is about an all-women’s sport team. But instead of a feature film comedy about the historical American women’s professional baseball league, it’s a documentary about the beginnings of the all-female full-tackle football league in the U.S. in the 1970s.