Tough Old Broads

Name: Tough Old Broads
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-03-28

A documentary about trailblazing women

Documentary1h 29m

Storyline

Kathrine Switzer, Siila Watt-Cloutier, and Sharon Farmer. They are the first woman to run the Boston Marathon officially, the first woman to connect climate change to human rights, and the first woman to serve as Chief White House Photographer. These trailblazing women broke barriers in their time and continue to pursue their passions to this day. They’re living proof that you can follow your dreams and maybe change the world in the process.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorStacey Tenenbaum

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

4 fresh · 0 rotten

V.S. Wells

RTGeorgia StraightJun 16, 2026

What can you do to make people care? How do you go from being a “first” to continuing to do work that matters? There isn’t an easy answer, but recognizing the wisdom of elders would certainly be a start.

Pat Mullen

RTPOV MagazineMay 5, 2026

Tough Old Broads encourages audiences to see acts big and small as significant contributions to social change.

Paul Emmanuel Enicola

RTThe Movie BuffApr 24, 2026

"Tough," "old," "broads": each word, in isolation, carries a history of condescension. Here, they’re reassembled into something sturdier, even affectionate. Not softened, exactly, but redefined on the women’s own terms.

Lauren Weiner

RTThat ShelfMar 11, 2026

As the world gets darker, documentaries like Tough Old Broads give us something reassuring and hopeful to hold on to.