The only thing faster than these women? The men trying to stop them.
Since the invention of the automobile, women have distinguished themselves by their daring: the history of women in motor sport.
Direction
Anna Schmidt packs 130 years into under an hour—no filler, all fire.
Production
Rare archival footage of women who history tried to forget.
Director
Anna Schmidt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This doc arrived amid a surge of 'hidden women' documentaries, but its racing focus sets it apart—motor sport was one of the few arenas where women could technically compete 'equally,' making the barriers they faced even more nakedly prejudiced.
Director Anna Schmidt reportedly struggled to secure funding because distributors claimed 'car documentaries don't perform with female audiences'—the exact bias her subjects faced, now weaponized against the film itself.
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