Birds Eye View Film Festival 2010

02Mar10

If you’ve been reading anything about film in the past few weeks you might have noticed the ‘hasn’t it been a good year for women’ argument - Baftas and London Film Critics Circle awards for Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank) and a probably Oscar for Bigelow for best film, as well as great […]

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Tags: Birds Eye View Film Festival, Roller derby

Roll with it

02Mar10

Roller derby is the big new thing, if you’re hardcore enough. The sport originated in the US but there’s a London Roller Girl league – check out the video above featuring some inspiring, tough, tattooed women. The vague aim is to shove opposing players off the track, and it looks unbelievably fun. League organisers stress […]

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Tags: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, film, London Roller Girls, Roller derby, Whip It!