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Minnesota mean [videorecording]/ by Mikkelson, Dawn,film director.; Kimbers, Shiver Me,on-screen participant.; Hissami, Shawn,on-screen participant.; Freestyle Digital Media,publisher.;
Shiver Me Kimbers, Shawn Hissami."Minnesota Mean" takes you into the thrilling world of roller derby, following the lives of six badass women as they chase after the ultimate prize, the Hydra. When the team's top player gets sidelined with an injury, the question looms large: can they still clinch the victory? This isn't your typical sports tale it's a raw and real look at the tough, independent women at the core of roller derby. It's a story of triumph and heartbreak, of strong women facing challenges with grit and determination. How do these fiercely independent women navigate a sport that demands teamwork? And how do they juggle the demands of roller derby without giving up on their personal dreams? "Minnesota Mean" is a powerful exploration of strength physical, emotional, and mental. It's a journey into the world of friendship, independence, and finding balance both on and off the rink.Rating: Not rated.Closed captioning in English.DVD, region 1; wide screen (1.78:1, aspect ratio 16x9); Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction films.; Documentary films.; Roller derby.; Women roller skaters; Friendship.; Roller skating;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rollergirls : the story of flat track derby / by Graham, Felicia(Photographer),photographer.(CARDINAL)797766; Joulwan, Melissa,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)485746; Darling, Dennis Carlyle,writer of afterword.(CARDINAL)785758;
Flat track roller derby is one of the country's fastest growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, a couple of decades ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly two thousand leagues around the world. Rollergirls captures the spirit of the game, which is poised to become an Olympic sport, and highlights the women who have become known as the godmothers of modern-day roller derby. Documentary photographer Felicia Graham takes readers on a visual tour of more than 160 black-and-white images, showcasing the confidence it takes to become a rollergirl and the camaraderie that develops among the players. Focusing on the Texas League, where it all began, Graham celebrates the culture and personality of flat track derby everywhere. Despite their different reasons for joining the sport, women of varying professions, ages, and lifestyles have made roller derby uniquely their own. With tongue-in-cheek team names like the Hotrod Honeys and personas like Sparkle Plenty and Buckshot Betty, the players use their brains and brawn to master the strategic game while also expanding the sport internationally. It's all done with bravado and a brash sense of humor unique to full-contact sports. Graham has been photographing the Texas Rollergirls on and off the track, in Texas and on the international circuit, for more than a decade. Spending untold hours with the league and collecting thousands of photographs of pivots and blockers, adoring crowds, and the sweat of the bench, she has created a visual narrative of women who embody the freedom of flying around the track. In these pages, readers learn how regular girls become rollergirls--determined, athletic, intimidating, and powerful, all on their own terms.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Roller derby; Roller skating; Women roller skaters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Roller derby rivals / by Macy, Sue,author.(CARDINAL)372094; Collins, Matt,illustrator.(CARDINAL)465947;
Tune in now for the thrills and spills of Roller Derby live in New York City, 1948, as Midge "Toughie" Brasuhn and Gerry Murray show their high-speed, hard hitting rivalry on the roller derby track at the dawn of the television era.970LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Brasuhn, Toughie, 1923-1971.; Murray, Gerry.; Roller derby; Roller derby; Roller skaters; Women roller skaters;
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Hell on wheels [videorecording] / by Campbell, Werner.; Ray, Bob(Director); --And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (Musical group); CrashCam Films.; IndiePix (Firm);
Cinematography by Bob Ray, Werner Campbell ; edited by Conor O'Neill, Cory Ryan ; original music, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead.With TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls & The Texas Rollergirls.A look at the creation of modern-era all-female roller derby's first two leagues: TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls & The Texas Rollergirls. Filmed in Austin, Texas from 2001-2005.DVD.
Subjects: Sports films.; Documentary films.; TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls.; Texas Rollergirls.; Roller derbies; Roller skaters; Women athletes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Brace for impact : a memoir / by Montesanti, Gabe,author.;
"Gabe Montesanti grew up queer in a working-class, conservative Catholic family in the Midwest, where she was taught to prioritize strength and impenetrability over vulnerability and honesty. In this emotionally, physically, and spiritually abusive environment, she developed a severe eating disorder, never learned to trust herself, and lived in constant fear. As she enters graduate school, she vows to put the trauma of her past behind her and to learn to fully inhabit her body. She joins Arch Rival Roller Derby in St. Louis, one of the top-rated teams in the country, and instantly falls in love with the roughness, intensity, and roller derby's open embrace of people who are literally and figuratively scarred. Gabe soon finds community, safety, and a sense of belonging, reveling in the queer-friendly environment, the tattoos, glitter, and campiness. She chooses the derby name Joan of Spark, modeling herself after the fierce and independent Joan of Arc, to signify all the ways she's left behind the baggage of her childhood. But when Gabe suffers a catastrophic injury, her unresolved trauma catches up to her. In the aftermath of her accident, it becomes impossible to ignore how the physicality of roller derby mirrors the emotional violence of her upbringing. Gabe's arduous physical recovery is matched only by the painful process of beginning to heal her emotional wounds. Forced to reckon with her past, she must decide if she can be Joan of Spark off the track, too--skating into a bolder, truer future"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Montesanti, Gabe.; Lesbians; Psychologically abused children; Roller derby; Sports injuries; Women roller skaters; Lesbians.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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