(JAN 15) The 2015 Tucker Center
Film Festival marks the 5th anniversary of screening films that
feature women’s sport and female athletes. The theme of this
year’s film festival is "Women in Combat Sports.” Three films
will be screened: “The Heat”, “Rowdy Ronda Rousey”, and the
feature film “Outside the Ring”, about a free, recreational
boxing program for female and trans survivors of violence in
Toronto. The event is free and open to the public.
February 2, 2015 from 7 – 9 pm
at the TCF Bank Stadium, University of Minnesota.
The 2015 Tucker Center Film Festival marks the 5th anniversary
of this important event in which we celebrate films that feature
women’s sport and female athletes. The Tucker Center Film
Festival is one of more than 1,000 events taking place across
the country for National Girls and Women in Sport Day (NGWSD).
Congress has proclaimed this
national day each year since 1987. NGWSD recognizes the progress
of girls and women in sports and the benefits that sports and
fitness activities can bring to the lives of all girls and
women.
The TCFF will be held February 2, 2015, 7-9pm at the TCF Bank
Stadium DQ Indoor Club Room. Please enter near Goldy’s Locker
Room under the Benton County Event Entrance. Register for your
free ticket here.
The theme of this year’s film festival is "Women in Combat
Sports." The selected films will weave together themes about how
sport in general, and combat sports (i.e., boxing, mixed martial
arts) in particular, can provide empowering and transformative
opportunities for women and girls, as well as challenge gender
stereotypes about female athleticism yet also be a space where
traditional ideas about gender get reproduced. With the rising
popularity of women’s mixed martial arts and the UFC, combat
sports provide a rich, complex and unique context to think about
female athleticism in the 21st century.
Trailer: The Heat
"The Heat" is a short documentary about Heather "The Heat"
Hardy, a single mother and professional boxer who was displaced
by Hurricane Sandy. Heather uses fighting to provide a living
for her and her daughter, Annie, while simultaneously pushing
the sport of women's boxing into the mainstream. (5mns)
espnW Nine for IX Short: Rowdy
Ronda Rowsey
On Feb. 23, 2013, Ronda Rousey made history by becoming the
UFC's first female bantamweight champion. After locking up her
signature armbar on Liz Carmouche, Rousey became the No. 1
female fighter in the world, and she has been on the rise ever
since. Where did this force of nature come from? And how high
can Rousey go? The film takes an inside look at that fight and
how Rousey's ascension is paving the way for female fighters.
(14mns)
Feature Film: Outside The
Ring
Through the lens of a unique violence recovery program in
Toronto, this documentary provides a glimpse into the lives of
women and transgendered survivors of violence and the impact
Boxing has had in their healing. The film follows the ways in
which participants challenge social constructs that dictate that
women must not experience their own feelings of aggression.
(27mns)
This event is free and open to the public. Popcorn included!
However, all attendees must register and bring a ticket to the
door or register at the door. To get your free advance ticket
for this event click here. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the
films begin at 7:00 p.m.