This Is Roller Derby
8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Documentary Duration Country Australia | Director Daniel Hayward Screenplay Daniel Hayward Writer Daniel Hayward Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 11 October 2011 (2011-10-11) Initial release October 11, 2011 (Australia) Initial DVD release February 20, 2013 (Australia) Cast Sarah Strong-Law , Kim Adams , Rebekah Bailey Similar movies NBA CHAMPIONS MIAMI HEAT 2005-2006 , 2013 NBA Champions: Miami Heat , 2012 NBA Champions: Miami Heat , 2011 NBA Champions: Dallas Mavericks , McFarland, USA , Semi-Pro Tagline This isn't just a sport, this is Roller Derby. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is roller derby
This Is Roller Derby is a 2011 Australian documentary by Daniel Hayward and features members from roller derby associations from Australia and the United States, primarily the Ballarat Roller Derby League. The DVD for the film released on 20 February 2013.
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Synopsis
The film follows four Australian roller derby leagues, Ballarat, Adelaide, Canberra and Geelong, over the course of twelve months, and documents the start of roller derby in Australia and overseas.
Cast and crew
The film was directed by Daniel Hayward and features members from the Ballarat Roller Derby League and members from US leagues, particularly Texas Rollergirls and TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls.
Some featured Roller Derby skaters include:
Reception
Filmink gave a positive review for This Is Roller Derby, calling it a "gutsy and eye-opening insight into a sport on the rise and the world around it." SBS gave a mixed review for the film, saying that while the first half of the film has "genuine energy", that "in driving his material towards a feature-length running time of 80-odd minutes, Hayward steers into a cul-de-sac, showing longer extracts of the action from tournaments rather than digger deeper into some of the personal stories."
References
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