Unfinished Business

8/4/2023

I am a big fan of the WNBA. I live in Las Vegas after all, home of the current WNBA World Champions (let’s go Aces)! You could say I hover right about the bullseye in the target audience for “Unfinished Business,” director Alison Klayman‘s focused yet comprehensive documentary about the Women’s National Basketball League. Klayman presents a detailed history of the WNBA and its origins, struggles, and triumphs over the 25 years of its existence. The film follows the 2021 season of one of the league’s original teams, the New York Liberty, interviewing players past and present to create a tapestry of what the WNBA has meant (and will mean) generations of female athletes. When the league was created in 1997, it soared in popularity. Big-name Olympians like Sheryl Swoopes, Rebecca Lobo, and