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Unholy rollers

By Chris Varmus
for The Brooklyn Paper
The Brooklyn Paper file / Greg Mango

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Lock your doors! Hide your sons! The Gotham Girls are back.

On Feb. 27, you can spend a night with your favorite Gotham Girl Roller Derby skater (we like Beyonslay!) when BAMcinematek presents “GGRD Goes to the Movies: Roller Derby Shorts Program.” You’ll see clips from classic derby films and a preview of the upcoming GGRD documentary, “Beatdown in the Boogiedown!”

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Roller derby has come a long way since its invention in the 1930s; the sport has always had the power to rev up a crowd and inspire the imagination.

Though no longer the blood sport it once was — there are, alas, now rules against trying to knock out your opponent’s teeth — you’ve still got to wear pads if you try out for the Brooklyn Bombshells.

As Bonnie Thunders, Gotham Girl of the Month, told us, “You will get knocked down.”

“GGRD Goes to the Movies: Roller Derby Shorts Program” will begin at 7 pm on Feb. 27 at BAMcinematek (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene). Tickets are $10. A free after-party at Moe’s (80 Lafayette Ave. at South Portland Ave) will immediately follow. For information, call (718) 636-4100.

©2007 The Brooklyn Paper

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