Roller Derby: It’s Kind of a Big Deal

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For my BFA project for Intermedia, I made a mini documentary on my roller derby team, the Old Capitol City Roller Girls of Iowa City, Iowa. Footage is from J…

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Allan Robin says:

It is great. You go girls๏ปฟ

kevin vincent says:

worth a sex change๏ปฟ

Serena Collins says:

I learned so much about Roller Derby from watching your doc! You can tell
you really spent time with your interview subjects because they’re really
candid about what they shared! Cool stuff!! Keep making films!

CaptainNicBlake says:

I am a Derby ref and I play Men’s Derby and altogether I have lost 81
pounds (401 down to 321). Awesome exercise!๏ปฟ

calin4thewin says:

You may want to do less hard cuts when editing video. Maybe leave one shot
running for longer and a slight fade as opposed to hard cutting everything?
It’ll look less jagged.

ILYDuckie316 says:

I live near Davenport Iowa and I am interested in joining a league!! I
can’t find any near me, is the Old Capital City Roller Girls of Iowa City
still a league? I think that’s the closest one I’m going to find.

lisame93 says:

Have you looked? Derby is EVERYWHERE these days. You’d be surprised once
you start doing it, it’s not scary at all and then becomes ADDICTING. Most
leagues have a 18+ or 21+ age and it goes to as old as you want to play!
When I made this video we had a 50 year old on our team who could out-plank
everyone! There are also Jr leagues and men’s leagues all over. Thanks for
watching!

lisame93 says:

Yes! and we have recruitment coming up. I would love to have you join us,
but I do feel I should let you know that there is more derby in that area:
Dubuque Bomb Squad, or the Quad City Rollers.

devoleno says:

hahahahaha wear yer boutfit to work day should be every Friday

AnneloesF says:

That was such a cool documentary! Thanks for sharing!

Rachel Irene says:

I MISS MY DERBY BABIES!<3 VU.

Chloe Miller says:

there are Jr roller derby teams too… i play on one of them..the Jr team i
play on is called the chicago riots..look in to it if you really wanna be a
derby girl!!

Visualsilva says:

good job!

VictoriaCreeper says:

DERBY! <3

Skylynn Jae says:

I’m signing up for the junior roller derby team in my state. ๐Ÿ™‚ It’s 3
hours away, but I think it’s worth it. ๐Ÿ˜€

Lauren Rodriguez says:

Go for it girl…I am Freshmeat myself, I am scared as heck, but it’s gonna
be amazing.

lisame93 says:

Looks like you need to search harder: Silicon Valley Roller Girls.

Daniel Bender says:

OCCRG rock!

lisame93 says:

Then I guess YOU better start one. ๐Ÿ™‚

itsjameshiggins says:

beautiful. honest. reminds me of all the women and men that I skate with ๐Ÿ™‚

Rickie French says:

I’ve joined my local team as a freshmeat, and i’m LOVING IT!!!!!

hanna brusewitz says:

derby is every where from USA to our small country in the northern europe
called sweden so derby moust be like every where some one moust just no it
ecist.

Rossolovich says:

I also want to start, but can you imagine – we do not have a single roller
derby team in Russia! not a single one! so it is not everywhere. yet ^^

dragonthewatcher says:

wish there were people that skated near where i am. I skate all over San
Jose and have not seen one other person skating out side, and haven’t seen
a single roller rink.

Katherine Rossolovich says:

you know what – I started it! ๐Ÿ˜€

goodmorningchap says:

I’m from a (quite small) city called Adelaide, Australia and I’m proud to
say we have our own derby league. Derby is spreading like wildfire and I’m
so excited for the future of the sport. Thanks for the awesome video – P.s,
The girl at 8:00 is so fucking cute ๐Ÿ˜‰

lisame93 says:

looks like there are 5 men’s leagues in California. Otherwise, you can
still get involved! Be a ref! Start your own men’s league!

dragonthewatcher says:

but… i dont want to be loved ;-; I’M A CONFUSED SELF CENTERED TEEN THAT
IS TOO MISUNDERSTOOD TO BE LOVED D: why would I ever want to break that
image? (I’m sorry, something a psychiatrist said that alluded to the “fact”
that all teens acted like that was really funny, so I made a joke about it
xD)

Lauren Rodriguez says:

OP – awesome video!

dragonthewatcher says:

Im a dude ๐Ÿ˜›

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