This Is Roller Derby

This Is Roller Derby
Directed by Daniel Hayward
Written by Daniel Hayward
Starring April Ritzenthaler
Production
company
Aisle 5 Productions
Distributed by Titan View
Release dates
  • 11 October 2011 (2011-10-11)
Running time
 82 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

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.[1][2] The DVD for the film released on 20 February 2013.

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.[3]

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 from Autin, Texas.

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."[4] 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."[5]

References

  1. ↑ "'This is Roller Derby' Trying to Roll to Austin". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "This Is Roller Derby". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "This is Roller Derby NO REALLY...". Empire Online. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Review: This is Roller Derby". Filmink. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Intriguing premise ends up going in circles.". SBS.com.au. Retrieved 28 May 2013.


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