“It’s really important to see other women doing exceptional things.” Huzzah! Skydance Sports has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Mighty Mary, sailing into theaters starting in September. This premiered at the 2026 Nantucket Film Festival earlier this year and is getting a theatrical debut before it’s on VOD. Narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker (and Olympian) Mary Mazzio, the film is about the very first all-women sailing team. Mighty Mary (also the name of the sailboat they were on during the race) 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. There’s also another similar doc called Maiden (watch the trailer) – about the first all-woman team in the Whitbread Round the World sailing race back in the 1980s. ⛵ This looks entertaining and gripping, and obviously very inspiring.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Mary Mazzio’s doc film Mighty Mary, direct from YouTube:
“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.” –Narrator / Executive Producer Elizabeth Banks
Mighty Mary chronicles an amazing group of “we eat nails for breakfast” type of women: the first all-women’s sailing team to contend for the famed America’s Cup, the holy grail for one of sport’s most elite and exclusive racing events. This team was groundbreaking, beginning with an advertisement in the New York Times (prompting hilarious responses from a wide swath of Americana who thought they might have what it takes to sail in the America’s Cup, including a woman flexing in a bikini next to a cactus). From there, a group of world class and Olympic sailors as well as Olympic rowers came together, a team which included a deaf sailor, a Native Hawaiian sailor & first African-American sailor to ever win an America’s Cup race (as a coach of this novice, erstwhile team). What was dismissed as a publicity stunt turned into something unimaginable. This motley crew (sailing aboard Mighty Mary) stunningly eliminated Stars & Stripes from contention, helmed by 4-time America’s Cup winner, Dennis Conner (“Mr. America’s Cup”). However, a secret backroom deal the night before the race upended that result. This is a true underdog story about a team which reshaped what could be possible in a sport that had long been inaccessible. ⛵ ⛵
Mighty Mary is a documentary directed by award-winning American filmmaker Mary Mazzio, director of the films A Hero for Daisy, Lemonade Stories, The Apple Pushers, Underwater Dreams, I Am Jane Doe, A Most Beautiful Thing, and Bad River previously. Produced by Allison Abner, Grant Hill, Mary Mazzio. This first premiered at the 2026 Nantucket Film Festival earlier this year. Skydance Sports & Republic Pictures debuts Mazzio’s Mighty Mary doc film in select US theaters starting September 11th, 2026 this summer.
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