INDEPENDENT HEROINES: SK8 CULTURE
(Thurs 10th / 7.30pm / £5/4)

+++++"I'm going to go down the car park and practise 'til I'm good"++++
A night about girl sk8 culture. There are zero real girl skate pros in the UK, else they would be here with us tonight talking about their brilliant careers on wheels (please prove us wrong). Plus Dutty Girl DJs in the bar.

SAFETY FIRST
(Lisa Brook / UK / 1998 /1 min 10)
A kind of music video for a Frumpies' song, a rant on male attitudes to female skaters.

DON'T DO TRICKS
(Cube Skate Team / UK / 7mins / 2005)
A trip down no tricks lane, with a skateboarder who doesn't do tricks.
GETTING NOWHERE FASTER
(Villa Villa Cola Squadron / 2004 / USA / 45 mins / DVD)
The UK Premier of the new video by the notorious Villa Villa Cola Squadron. Bringing to light the mysterious underworld of female skateboarders and their craft and featuring peril & sass by such experts as Vanessa Torres and Amy Caron. It features a brand new recipe including: an invisible cosmetic predator, a cowboy, and a fantasy skatepark called Tiffanyland. http://villavillacola.com/
DEMON OF THE DERBY: The Ann Calvello Story
(Sharon Rutter / USA / 2002 / 76min)
A documentary portrait of Roller Derby legend Ann Calvello, labelled the 'Meanest Mama on Skates', From the time she joined the Roller Derby in the 1940s, she bucked every traditional notion of femininity and
became a star because of it. Today, at 71, she is fighting to continue her career. www.demonofthederby.com