Documentary storms the field, exposes barriers in 'The Herricanes'

The Tallahassee Film Society will screen "The Herricanes" at the Challenger Learning Center at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 29, and 5 p.m. Sunday, March 30, 2025.An inspiring documentary about a relatively unknown football team, Olivia Kuan’s “The Herricanes” pushes audiences to consider the gender-based barriers that have shaped the sport’s cultural legacy.

The film primarily focuses on the Houston Herricanes, one of several teams to play in the first women’s professional football league that kicked-off in the 1970s. Kuan tells their story through game footage and interviews with several of the women who played for the team (including her own mother, Basia Haszlakiewicz) as well as a few of those…