“There’s a piece of who you are that you’re allowed to express on the football field that’s so emancipating it’s indescribable.”
— Doc, #27
Every Body Hit Somebody is a still and moving image project that follows the Carolina Phoeni, a semi-professional women's tackle football team based in Durham, North Carolina throughout their 2013 championship season.
Clips: NYT Lens Blog + Kenan Insider
The experimental documentary (43min, video, 2014) is constructed from found footage, 16mm film, still photographs, and photo-elicitation interviews.
The film follows the Carolina Phoenix, a semi-professional women's tackle football team based in Durham, North Carolina. Accounts from players and observations of them throughout their 2013 championship season testify to their strength and resilience in the face of historically entrenched gender expectations – offering an alternative narrative to that which is typically portrayed in traditional media.
Screenings: Images Film Festival, 2015 + Indie Grits, 2015 + The Bar Durham, 2014
Clips: Kenan Insider
Excerpt:
