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Ventura County Derby Darlins




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One black eye, two loose teeth, and an arm in a sling, accompany a smile that could brighten Alaska during the dead of winter. Jane Comstock (aka Janie Lee Hurtis), a petite woman weighing no more than 115 pounds, skates off the rink with a confidence that cannot be battered.
The Ventura County Derby Darlins is a newly formed Roller Derby league that hosted their inaugural event on March 30th, 2007 at the Rollerdome in Thousand Oaks. The collective girls are about thirty strong, and comprise of two teams; the Pistol Whippers and the Lusty Lawbreakers, they battled each other tooth and nail for the chance to call themselves the first ever Roller Derby Champions of Ventura County.
With names like: Deadly Diva, Tina Turbo, Molly Tuff Cocktail, Sexbox 360, Vendetta Vixen, and Lucifer Louise, there is plenty of attitude to escort their toughness. Roller Derby fuses the theatrics of Professional Wrestling with the grace of figure skating, and the demeanor of HellÂ’s Angels. On the rink these women take on different identities that let them leave their everyday life for a while. The women are Clark Kents during the day, librarians, secretaries, baristasÂ…with the Rollerdome being their phone booth; once they arrive all passive aggressiveness flies to the wayside and they can be free of social mores.
The documentary will follow the Derby Darlins preparing for their initial bout, showing the techniques used, rules that must be followed, choice of outfits, getting into game shape, and all the bumps and bruises that go along with the sport. Through revealing interviews and fast-paced, bone crushing action I will show what is takes to be a Rollergirl.
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13 responses // Ventura County Derby Darlins

  • Cool! GL I think this could be shorter though. What d'ya Think?

    Check out Sister Beatrice Explores if you get a chance. She skates occasionally but forgot to take off her knee pads.
    DavidGeorge
  • Crazy characters and interesting story. The interviews with white background are really nice, but apart from this I don't know what motivates the use of B&W. Like David, I guess it could be a bit shorter. I love the beginning...
    Yoshindustry
  • I like it. Well shot. GL
    _nothing_
  • Great work! This should be on TV.
    Germancamera
  • AWESOME! I'll send an e-mail with more notes.
    Dan
    6d5321
  • Nice story. GL
    jensenjw
  • AGL - Great stuff here. I look forward to the next production from At Last!

    -Greg-
    nwavant
  • GL. Good job. I hope you make it to the TV. Please check out my AD for L'Oreal it's called Don't Stop the Party.

    <a href=" http://www.current.tv/watch/85403312">link</...
    twwillis
  • Awesome! I have seen alot of pods on Roller Derby but this is the first one that really caught the perspective of the characters' backgrounds and how juxtaposed their outside lives are with the nature of the sport. Great movement, I love the sudden Tarantino like switch from black/white to color =) I would have like to see a conflict, such as how the women deal with the physical pain or their opposing lives but I enjoyed watching every minute of it.
    turkish_delight
  • Love the black and white interviews. very classy and intriguing piece, nice work..greenlight
    matt_fisher
  • Cool pod. I liked the stylistic choice to do everything leading up to and following the derby B&W and the actual derby in color. I also like the sense of the collective personality of the women who participate in roller derby that I got through hearing little snippets of each of their lives and about why they derby. It was effective to wait so long to actually see them derby. It made me want to see it more.
    ebarnett09
  • Definitely an interesting topic. It was fun to hear what they do for a living and why they participate in this forgotten subculture. You had some nice shots of the women skating as well. However, I definitely thought there were some pacing issues. Also, I'd like to see the conflict heightened. Who is their competition? Are they skating against their rivals? I'd also like to see/hear some of the information that was stated above in the actual pod.
    CBonsignore
  • Arms in Elbows down... Check out the Tampabayderbydarlins.com . They are really good.
    buck19

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