Raising tennis aces : the Williams story / Xenon Pictures presents a Jervis Entertainment Ltd. production ; produced and directed by Terry Jervis.

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Even before they were born, Richard Williams knew that his next two children would be tennis champions. He took on street gangs so that his daughters could use the neighborhood tennis court. Venus and Serena both went professional at age 14, and the rest is sports history.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Jervis Entertainment Media
Xenon Pictures
Other Authors: Jervis, Terry
Williams, Richard, 1942-
Williams, Venus, 1980-
Williams, Serena, 1981-
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English.
Published: London : Jervis Entertainment Media : Distributed by Xenon Pictures, [2002], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Williams, Richard, > 1942-
Williams, Venus, > 1980-
Williams, Serena, > 1981-
Tennis coaches > California > Compton.
Tennis players > California > Compton.
African American women tennis players > Family relationships.
Fathers and daughters > California.
Sports films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Sports films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Williams story.
Venus & Serena.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Even before they were born, Richard Williams knew that his next two children would be tennis champions. He took on street gangs so that his daughters could use the neighborhood tennis court. Venus and Serena both went professional at age 14, and the rest is sports history.
Note:DVD version of the made-for-television documentary initially broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2001.
Special features: training the Williams way ; Williams on Williams ; Venus and Serena : extended interviews ; Williams vs. Williams ; Grand Slam techniques ; Director's interview ; Interview with Pete Sampras.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN9 D0021648 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781578297467
157829746X
Credits:Produced and directed by Terry Jervis ; researchers, Harold Wilson, Joe Kim ; associate producer, Laurence Guiness ; lighting and direction, Kelvin Richard ; sound and recording, Judi Headman ; off-line editor, Jamie Boulton ; on-line editor, Stuart Robertson.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1, stereo. ; 16x9 anamorphic.
Cast:
Richard Williams with his daugthers, Venus and Serena Williams, and others.