Quotes
"Premiered to turnaway crowds at last June's 72HR Feature Project and now
presented for the first time in a re-edited, fine-tuned, and
epilogue-enhanced version, A DAY ON THE FORCE is an infectious inside look
at the Chicago Force, the city's first women's professional tackle football
team. Following the team's fortunes through their inaugural season in the
new Independent Women's Football League, the film shows you some things you
won't likely find in an NFL broadcast: these gridiron giants discuss periods
in the locker room, kiss before games, and sometimes cry afterward.
Challenging gender stereotypes more than any other sportswomen, fighting an
uphill battle against prejudice and indifference, this is as tough and
admirable a group of competitors as you'll ever see." - Marty Rubin, Associate Director of Programming, Gene Siskel Film Center
School of the Art Institute, Chicago
"Among the many things that are striking are some of the scenes in the
locker room, where you get a sense for the intensity. One is
struck...how similar this is from any NFL locker room." - Steve Edwards,
National Public Radio
"The documentary captures the essence of the team!" - Jacqueline
Ostrowski, Pistil Magazine
"I fell in love with these women!" - audience member, Chicago
premiere, The Gene Siskel Film Center
Reviewed by the following:
Chicago Reader June 20, 2003
Chicago Free Press, April 28, 2004
Windy City Times, April 28, 2004
Pistil Magazine, Fall 2004
www.pistilmag.com
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