Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race

Name: Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

About Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race

The first Women’s Air Derby was flown in 1929 with brave women making history by breaking into a competition that was thought to be for men only. They encountered sabotage, death, and all the difficulties of flying at the dawn of aviation.

Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race is a 2015 documentary film directed by Kara Martinelli White. Michaela McManus stars as Self - Narrator (voice), and Liz Duchez as Powder Puff Derby Reenactor.

It runs 57 minutes and was released in July 2015. Written by Adam White and Angelica Compton.

In the United States it streams on PBS and WETA+.

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