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Political Theater, Episode 410

Tennis legend Billie Jean King, right, seen at a Women's History Month event at the Capitol in March 2022 with then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., is the subject of the documentary "Give me the Ball!" the opening night title on Thursday for this year's DC/DOX documentary film festival.
Tennis legend Billie Jean King, right, seen at a Women's History Month event at the Capitol in March 2022 with then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., is the subject of the documentary "Give me the Ball!" the opening night title on Thursday for this year's DC/DOX documentary film festival. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Jason Dick
Posted June 9, 2026 at 2:16pm

Jason Dick talks with Sky Sitney about this year’s DC/DOX documentary film festival, which brings to Washington a slate of more than 100 nonfiction movies about Billie Jean King, Earth Wind and Fire, AI, a Washington Commanders superfan, Sea Monkeys and even Yugoslavian leader Josip Tito’s parrot. 

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