The Demon of the Derby

2001
7.5| 1h16m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 11 November 2001 Released
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This documentary portrait follows Roller Derby's "Meanest Mama on Skates", Ann Calvello. Now in her 70s, Ann refuses to give up the limelight - she is still bashing heads on the banked track of any upstart league that will have her. And she's still acting like the bawdy bad girl of the Derby, even as she bags groceries at her part-time job at Safeway. In the two years the documentary follows her, Ann simultaneously grapples with her declining ability to skate and her determination to be the first professional athlete to have competed continuously in a sport for six decades.

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Sharon Rutter

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ThiefHott Too much of everything
Micitype Pretty Good
Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
kevp1955 Saw this movie and loved it. Its good to see a documentary about not only a legendary skater but about roller derby. Ann is ageless and has gone through some tough times since the long gone derby days,but is still tough herself and hasn't lost that magic that made her a skating legend. There are some memorable skating moments and some hilarious comments by Ann herself the movie. If you were a true derby fan when roller derby was in its heyday, it will spark some of those memories of a sport that unfortunately died out in the 1970's and people who weren't able go to live games or watch it on television, missed seeing not only one of the greatest ladies to skate in the game,but missed out on some wonderful sport of a sort entertainment!