It starts with a warning: “The ocean’s always trying to kill you, it doesn’t take a break.” But the terrors awaiting the subjects of Alex Holmes’ crowd-pleasing documentary “Maiden” go far beyond the sea itself. Tracing the journey of forward-thinking female sailor Tracy Edwards, “Maiden” unspools a heart-pounding race around the world, but the true challenges facing Edwards and her all-woman crew include institutionalized sexism, a media circus unable to look beyond a splashy story, and crushing self-doubt.

 

 

Critical Notes

 

"But even at its most visceral and exciting, it's the emotion at the story's core, and the higher principles at work, that make it transcendent." - Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

 

 

Film Information

Director: Alex Holme
Featuring:: Tracy Edwards, Jeni Mundy, Mikaela Von Koskull 
Year: 2018
Runtime: 97 minutes 
Country: USA
Language: English
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Ratings: ON NR / BC NR / AB NR / SK NR / MB NR / QC NR / Maritmes NR