EPISODE
Being Serena - Season 1
Serena Williams, the most skilled player in the tennis court. She has won the title of best in the world for more than once and without a competitor. The girl is still on the list of tennis geniuses around the world despite the stage of maternity and child rearing.
15 October 1959, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
February 16, 1942 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
April 3, 1952 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA
17 June 1980, Lynwood, California, USA
11 July 1990, Odense, Denmark
26 September 1981, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
28 August 1969, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
May 02, 2018
To watch a black, pregnant woman fully inhabiting her historically exploited, culturally marginalized body is downright revolutionary.May 03, 2018
It's high-toned and visually sumptuous, and when it's sentimental, it is sentimental almost in spite of itself, with the result that it is often authentically moving.May 02, 2018
After watching two episodes of Being Serena, I have a very good sense of what's going on with Williams' body. I would've loved to have a peek inside her head.May 01, 2018
I don't know how much I learned about Serena Williams from Being Serena other than the way she wants herself presented which I guess is Serena Williams the way I've never seen her before.May 02, 2018
HBO series' greatest trick may be how it manages to make the greatest female athlete of all time emphatically relatable.May 03, 2018
Basking in the achievements of one person isn't quite enough to sustain a series all on its own, but Being Serena still has a champion at its center.