Now Now — Billie Jean King Documentary Screening

The Billie Jean King documentary in SFFILM’s 2026 festival program is “Give Me the Ball!,” not a film titled “Now Now.” (sffilm.org) SFFILM lists the film as a 102-minute U.S. documentary directed by Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff, built from archival footage and interviews with King. (sffilm.org) The festival scheduled “Give Me the Ball!” for Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. Pacific at the Premier Theater at One Letterman. SFFILM said Garbus, Wolff, producer Gentry Kirby, and executive producer Marsha Cooke were expected for a post-screening Q&A at that showing. (sffilm.org 1) (sffilm.org 2) SFFILM’s schedule also shows a second screening on Monday, April 27, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. Pacific at BAMPFA in Berkeley. (sffilm.org) As of Tuesday, April 28, 2026, SFFILM’s current schedule for Wednesday, April 29, does not show “Give Me the Ball!” among that day’s listed festival screenings. (sffilm.org) The film arrived at SFFILM after premiering January 26, 2026, in the Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance described it as a retrospective of King’s career and activism. (sundance.org) SFFILM included the documentary in the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival, which runs April 24 through May 4, 2026, across San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley. The organization said the full festival program spans 79 programs from 40 countries. (sffilm.org) So the clean takeaway is a factual one: the Billie Jean King film in SFFILM’s lineup is “Give Me the Ball!,” and the festival’s posted screenings were on April 25 and April 27, not April 29. (sffilm.org 1) (sffilm.org 2)