Derby Crazy Love

Derby Crazy Love
Directed by Maya Gallus, Justine Pimlott
Produced by Justine Pimlott, Maya Gallus
Written by Maya Gallus
Starring
  • Smack Daddy
  • Suzy Hotrod
  • Raw Heidi
  • Bonnie Thunders
  • Plastik Patrik
  • Iron Wench
  • Georgia W Tush
  • Kamikaze Kitten
  • Lil Mama
  • Jess Bandit
  • Track n’ Smash
  • Mange Moi El Cul
  • Apocalipstick
  • The Rev
  • Ewan Wotarmy
Music by Keir Brownstone
Cinematography Katerine Giguere, Nathalie Lasselin
Edited by David Kazala
Production
companies
Red Queen Productions
Distributed by Red Queen Productions and Women Make Movies
Release dates
  • November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14) (Canada-Montreal International Documentary Festival

)

  • June 16, 2014 (2014-June-16) (USA-Northside Film Festival-Brooklyn

)

  • June 21, 2014 (2014-June-21) (USA-Frameline Film Festival)
Running time
 64 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Derby Crazy Love is a Canadian documentary film directed by Maya Gallus and Justine Pimlott of Red Queen Productions, and distributed by Women Make Movies. The film takes place during the Flat Track Roller Derby, and its third-wave feminist empowerment.[1] It was initially released on November 14, 2013 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.[2]

Synopsis

Derby Crazy Love explores the evolution of the reemerging Flat Track Roller Derby, with a focus on its international sisterhood.[3] There are over 100 leagues in Canada and 1,400 worldwide.[4] Maya Gallus, one of the co-creators, explains, “[Derby is] female-dominated and player-owned and -operated, which already distinguishes it from any other sport.”[5] As the film begins, Montreal’s New Skids on the Block rematch against the UK’s London Rollergirls for a shot at the international championships, and New York City’s Gotham Girls (which includes derby superstar, Suzy Hotrod and Bonnie Thunders) defend their title.[6] This film captures how roller derby is part of punk’s counterculture, which tackles issues of masculinity, femininity, aggression, body image, queer identity and gender norms.[7] Each team consists of athletes with these various identities that have found a team where they belong. Gallus states, “Nobody’s making a big feminist point or a queer statement, [derby] just is inclusive.”[8] This sport is also a healthy outlet for of aggression, which is often denied to women.[9] Montreal’s team leader, Smack Daddy, summarizes the spirit of derby, “The fact that you’re combining roller skating, which is like, ‘let’s hold hands and go to the roller-rink,’ with chicks beating on each other physically is like, fireworks.”[10]

Production

This film features music by Montreal’s Plastik Patrik et les Brutes, Lesbians on Ecstasy and New York’s Kissy Kamikaze.[11]

Awards

Festivals

Broadcasts

Global TV (Canada)

Reviews

References

  1. ↑ Red Queen Productions, “The Film,” Derby Crazy Love, 2014, http://derbycrazylove.com/index.php/the-film/.
  2. ↑ “Release Dates,” IMDb, 2015, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3603982/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf+#releases.
  3. ↑ Salem Film Fest, “Derby Crazy Love,” Salem Film Fest, 2013, http://salemfilmfest.com/2014/films/derby-crazy-love/.
  4. ↑ Red Queen Productions.
  5. ↑ Terra Sullivan, “Derby Crazy Love Creator: ‘Counterculture Is at the Heart of Roller Derby,’” New Times Broward-Palm Beach, February 18, 2015, http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/derby-crazy-love-creator-counterculture-is-at-the-heart-of-roller-derby-6429178.
  6. ↑ “Derby Crazy Love at the Tropic Cinema,” The Studios of Key West, 2013, https://tskw.org/derby-crazy-love-at-the-tropic-cinema/.
  7. ↑ Women Make Movies, “Derby Crazy Love,” Women Make Movies, 2015, http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c873.shtml.
  8. ↑ Sheffield Doc/Fest, “Derby Crazy Love directors at Sheffield Doc/Fest: ‘Nobody’s making a big feminist point about it – it just is inclusive’ – video interview,” The Guardian video, 2:36, June 10, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/jun/10/derby-crazy-love-sheffield-doc-fest-video-interview.
  9. ↑ Jennifer Junkyard Morris, “Derby Crazy Love,” QDoc, 2013, http://www.queerdocfest.org/film/derby-crazy-love/.
  10. ↑ DW, “Derby Crazy Love,” DOXA, 2014, http://www.doxafestival.ca/film/derby.
  11. ↑ Red Queen Productions.
  12. 1 2 ShefAdvFilmFest, “Shaff 2015- And The Winner Is…,” Shaffield Adventure Film Festival, March 16, 2015, http://www.shaff.co.uk/news-and-press/news/2015/03/16/ShAFF2015__And_The_Winner_Is/.
  13. ↑ Lauryn Kronick, “Falling in crazy love with derby,” Daily Xtra (blog), November 15, 2013, http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/arts-and-entertainment/film-and-video/falling-in-crazy-love-with-derby-73859.
  14. ↑ “The POV guide to RIDM 2013,” Point of View Magazine (blog), November 14, 2013, http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/pov-at-ridm-2013.
  15. ↑ Kayla Marie Hillier, “There Is Now A Definitive Roller Derby Doc,” Cult Montreal (blog), November 13, 2013, http://cultmontreal.com/2013/11/there-is-now-a-definitive-roller-derby-doc/.
  16. ↑ Leila Marshy, “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” Rover (blog), November 14, 2013, http://roverarts.com/2013/11/faster-pussycat-kill-kill/.
  17. ↑ Erica Ruth Kelly, “Derby Crazy Love: Red Queen Productions Celebrates A New Kind of Femininity with Roller Derby Documentary,” She Does the City (blog), November 11, 2013, http://www.shedoesthecity.com/derby-crazy-love-red-queen-productions-celebrates-a-new-kind-of-femininity-with-roller-derby-documentary.
  18. ↑ Ariel Fisher, “Derby Crazy Love,” Row Three (blog), November 14, 2013, http://www.rowthree.com/2013/11/14/review-derby-crazy-love/.

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