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Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues [note 1] worldwide, though it is most popular in the United States. [2] A 60-minute roller derby game, or bout, is a series of two-minute timed jams.
Roller Life is a 2016 American documentary film executive produced and directed by Michael Brown. [1] The film's story follows the Brewcity Bruisers, a flat track roller derby league that belongs to the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, for a full season. The film follows around eight roller derby athletes and captures the essence of their ...
Pages in category "Roller derby films" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Blood on the Flat ...
Derby is a 1971 American documentary film directed by Robert Kaylor about the world of professional roller derby in the 1970s. The film is also known as Roller Derby in the United Kingdom. Plot summary
Derby Crazy Love explores the evolution of the reemerging flat track roller derby, with a focus on its international sisterhood. [2] There are over 100 leagues in Canada and 1,400 worldwide. [3] Maya Gallus, one of the co-creators, explains, "[Derby is] female-dominated and player-owned and -operated, which already distinguishes it from any ...
Hell on Wheels is a 2007 documentary film telling the story of a group of Texas women who band together to resurrect roller derby for the 21st century. Emerging from the Austin music and arts scene, these women create a rock-and-roll fueled version of all-girl roller derby that has spawned the derby craze that's sweeping the nation.
FILE - Soul City Sirens and Palmetto State Roller Girls players jam during a roller derby at Red Wing Rollerway in this photo from 2009. Online rumors have suggested the longtime skating rink ...
Texas Roller Derby (TXRD), formerly known as Texas Lonestar Rollergirls, is Austin, Texas' only banked-track roller derby league. Founded in Austin in 2001, TXRD is often credited with the revival [1] of the modern roller derby movement. TXRD is skater-owned and operated and open to all women, transgender, intersex, and gender-expansive athletes.