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Roller Derby is making a comeback! Catch up with the stars, hear their stories and get in on the action.
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| In the '60s and '70s, roller derby telecasts drew more viewers than major league baseball. A few years later, the sport was virtually dead. As he follows recent attempts to revive the American Roller Derby Association, award-winning documentary filmmaker Mark Woollen profiles some of the sport's aging superstars, a collection of eccentrics - many openly gay - who, with humor and honest sentiment, talk of their personal lives, their struggles and their addiction to the roar of the crowd. "An inspiring underdog story" - Daily Texan. | |
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