[...] sex isn't a major component in this unflinching and engaging look at the lives of a disparate group of women in their 20s and 30s whose share a love for this rough-and-tumble sport. Short skirts and fishnet stockings aside, "Rollergirls" is about friendships, competition, sisterhood and making time in busy lives for this blue-collar pastime and its devoted following in Austin. Away from the roller derby arena, the women who go by names such as Jail Bait, Venis Envy and Miss Conduct hold such jobs as maternity unit nurse, special education teacher and biologist.

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