On the Road to Dallas
The story of the Team West Indies going to the world cup of Roller Derby…
When 16 West Indian women come together to start the first Roller Derby Team to represent their countries at the world cup, they find there's a lot more on the line than the game.
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The Story
On the Road to Dallas is a documentary charting the creation of Team West Indies, a new national roller derby squad comprising an unlikely group of British women. In a sport that is traditionally very white, there has been an under-representation of black players in roller derby, and this film follows the team’s preparation for the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup in Dallas
The Players
‘Disorderlee’, ‘Rammit’, ‘Mah-Ko’ or ‘SheRarr’, roller derby player each stand out through their unusual names, but the stories they share are universal.
What is Roller Derby?
Roller Derby is a full contact women’s sport played on quad skates on a flat oval track. Originating in America, it is currently the fastest-growing women’s sport in the world. In the UK alone it has gone from zero to more than 100 teams in the fourteen years since it arrived.
The Documentary
The team following the team and capturing the story of this unique journey…