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Director Mary Mazzio Brings Mighty Mary’s Women’s Sailing Story
Mighty Mary is a documentary about a boat crew made up almost entirely of women.
The crew competed in a major sailing campaign connected to the 1995 America’s Cup.
Many of the women were new to top-level sailing, but they trained hard and faced some of the world’s best sailors.
Director Mary Mazzio learned about the crew years ago because she was also an Olympic athlete.
She says the project showed how women were treated differently in sports and workplaces during the 1990s.
Some men involved in the project now acknowledge that the team’s management made mistakes.
The movie will open in theaters in 15 U.S. markets on Friday.
Mazzio wants the film to inspire girls to try difficult things even when they are afraid.
She also says failure can help people grow.
Mighty Mary tells the story of a nearly all-women crew assembled for a 1995 America’s Cup campaign.
Director Mary Mazzio drew on her experience as a 1992 U.S. Olympic rower while making the documentary.
The crew included six of Mazzio’s former Olympic teammates and competed against leading sailors despite limited experience.
Paramount’s Republic Pictures will release the film internationally, while AMC Entertainment is handling its U.S. theatrical release.
Mazzio hopes the film encourages girls to accept failure, overcome fear and pursue ambitious goals.
- Who
- Director Mary Mazzio, the nearly all-women Mighty Mary crew, and the film’s distribution partners.
- What
- The documentary Mighty Mary recounts the crew’s 1995 America’s Cup campaign and its significance for women in sports.
- Where
- It opens in 15 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, with international distribution planned through Paramount’s Republic Pictures.
- When
- The film opens in theaters on Friday; the story it depicts took place in 1995.
- Why
- Mazzio aims to tell an extraordinary sports story and encourage girls to overcome fear, try ambitious things and learn from failure.
Key facts
- Film
- Mighty Mary
- Director
- Mary Mazzio
- Historical setting
- A 1995 campaign connected to the America’s Cup
- Crew
- Nearly entirely women, including six of Mazzio’s former Olympic teammates
- Boat weight
- The boats weighed 55,000 pounds
- U.S. release
- AMC Entertainment is handling the domestic theatrical release in 15 markets
- International release
- Paramount’s Republic Pictures is releasing the film outside the United States
Quotes
Mary Mazzio
Director of the documentary Mighty Mary and former Olympic rower
“This message that you can dream and do something ridiculous and impossible, and sometimes if you can swallow your fear – not get rid of your fear, but just say, ‘Let me try. And if I fail, so what?’”
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“I remember being struck by not just how audacious this experiment was. Not only did you have a group of rookies going toe to toe with the best sailors on the planet, but they were women.”
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