“The new documentary follows the groundbreaking all-female sailing team that challenged the America’s Cup establishment—and it’s every bit as thrilling as the best sports movies…. you’ll cheer, cry, and rage right alongside these incredible athletes as the drama unfolds. If you loved Remember the Titans and A League of Their Own, you’ll want to snag a ticket to this film.” — Jesse van Amburg, Oprah Daily
“Across more than 25 years of documentary filmmaking, director, writer, and producer Mary Mazzio has been committed to telling stories about people shattering glass ceilings and succeeding in spaces that were never designed to welcome them… Mazzio’s films show us what it looks like when disenfranchised groups of people test their limits despite the odds being stacked against them…Ultimately, the team’s campaign was groundbreaking not because it erased the barriers around the America’s Cup, but because it made those barriers impossible to ignore.” — Sofia Bianchi, ELLE
“I’m proud to be a part of this powerful documentary that shines a light on the extraordinary courage of the women aboard Mighty Mary. This team was groundbreaking, and I hope their story inspires a new generation of women to dream bigger and never give up.” – Elizabeth Banks, People Magazine
“such a love letter to teamwork” – Adriana Diaz, CBS Saturday Morning
“The film is incredible.” — Sandra Smith, America Reports
“All of us are standing on the shoulders of giants… everything I care about was part of this story… it’s so exciting.” – Elizabeth Banks, Welcome to the Party
“It’s the most captivating film of 2026 – period – and in my opinion, the finest documentary ever filmed about the America’s Cup.” – Magnus Wheatley, Rule 69
“You can dream and do something ridiculous and impossible, and swallow your fear – not get rid of your fear, but just say, ‘Let me try. And if I fail, so what?’” — Mary Mazzio to Dade Hayes, Deadline
“This film is about defying what might seem impossible…” – Matt Juul, The Boston Globe
“There were people that said, it’s a fluke. There were people that thought it was a publicity stunt — but we always believed.”— JJ Fetter to Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union Tribune
“Having seen just about every sailing film ever made, Mighty Mary is one of the absolute best…’ll admit to cracking a grin when I heard veteran male sailors describing how they were downright gob smacked by the volume and creativity of colorful language that the women employed. Sailors will be sailors.” — David Schmidt, Sail-World
“With breathtaking video footage and new interviews about one of the most controversial, competitive, shocking and heartbreaking sailing battles in history…Mighty Mary is an action-packed 98-minute time capsule by director Mary Mazzio.” — Phoebe Wall Howard, Shifting Gears Phoebe Wall Howard
“In 1995, a team of women rocked the male-dominated competitive sailing scene. The documentary revives the story of the Cinderella campaign. ” — Desiree Luo, San Francisco Chronicle
“Another brilliant achievement from Mazzio” — Jim Braude, Boston Public Radio
“I really loved the movie.” — Sarah Spain, Good Game with Sarah Spain
“Mighty Mary, narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, is an exhilarating, captivating, inspirational and well-edited documentary… it will make you stand up and cheer…” – Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
“A remarkable journey” — Women In Entertainment
“A deeply important story” — Alex Berger, NBC News10
“It’s an eye-opening historical account seamlessly blended with an inspirational, edge-of-your-seat, crowd-pleasing sports drama, with many twists and turns right through its shocking ending….a nail-biting underdog drama.” — Loren King, Newport This Week
“The Nantucket Film Festival served as the launching pad for the documentary Mighty Mary, Mary Mazzio’s documentary portrait of the first all-women’s sailing team to compete for the sport’s world-famous America’s Cup. Narrated by Hugh Jackman and Elizabeth Banks, the film received the Maria Mitchell Visionary Award presented to a female filmmaker who demonstrates vision and innovation.” – Ethan Alter, Gold Derby
“Thirty years ago, a defender trial in San Diego produced a result few expected. The women of Mighty Mary beat Dennis Conner in a race that should have eliminated him from the America’s Cup. The result stood. Its consequence did not.” — Kirsten Thomas, Boating New Zealand
“Mighty Mary is a well-assembled, confident piece of non-fiction filmmaking…the value of the story she’s telling, and the clear warmth she engendered with her interview subjects, make this one a winner.” — Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
“A powerhouse” — Tashanea Whitlow, FOX 5 New York
“Mazzio brings an authentic athletic lens to the project, supported by a creative crew including directors of photography Peter Levy and Patrick Ruth. The production features editing by Kyle Farmer, Mazzio, and Shondra Burke, with original music composed by Shep Crawford.” – Manoj Chekkilla, Yahoo Entertainment
Mighty Mary, sailing into theaters starting in September, narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker (and Olympian) Mary Mazzio, the film is a riveting, heart-racing documentary about the first-ever all women’s sailing crew to contend for the famed America’s Cup in 1995. This inspiring project is a story about a team of unlikely people who came together to achieve the unthinkable and do the impossible, breaking boundaries and rewriting the her story of women’s sports forever.” – Alex Billington, First Showing
Republic Pictures has picked up the Hugh Jackman and Elizabeth Banks narrated documentary Mighty Mary from award-winning filmmaker and Olympian Mary Mazzio and Skydance Sports. “Some stories demand to be told — and Mighty Mary is one of them. We are honored to partner with Mary Mazzio, Allison Abner, Grant Hill and Skydance Sports in bringing this film to audiences,” said Sejin Croninger, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions, Paramount Pictures. “It is at once a breathtaking sports documentary and a testament to the women who refused to let the boundaries of their sport define them.” – Deadline
“A Georgetown Law graduate and former Olympic rower who competed for the United States in the 1992 Olympics, Mazzio has long been drawn to stories that intersect elite competition with broader social issues.” – Scuttlebutt Sailing News
