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Fisk University, The First HBCU Gymnastics Team To Compete At NCAA Level, Leaps Into Docuseries From Deborah Riley Draper & Wiip

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EXCLUSIVE: Fisk University made history earlier this year by becoming the first HBCU gymnastics team to compete at an NCAA event.

The Nashville school and its team will now be the subject of a docuseries from filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper and wiip. Flipped (w/t) will follow college gymnastics’ only all BIPOC team as they navigate the pressures of their first season while challenging the stereotypes and norms in women’s athletics.

With no university gym of their own, Coach Corrinne Tarver and her gymnastics team at Fisk University, consisting primarily of first-year college students, aim to take on the best in NCAA gymnastics without mitigating or changing who they are as women of color.

The series features access to the coaches, student athletes, parents, and administrators at Fisk University and the trials and triumphs of HBCU sports.

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