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This first feature film produced and distributed by quaker media took two years from its heartland film festival debut to receive general release. Set against the backdrop of the 1972 feminist movement, sassy newlywed cathy rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, allgirls catholic college. Most sports movies are both inspirational and overly sentimental, and the mighty macs is no exception on either count. The total length of the mackinac bridge is 26,372 feet.
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