First up, tonight at 8pm in Goddard 203:
MURDERBALL (2005)
Directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro, MURDERBALL is a documentary about paraplegics who play full-contact rugby in Mad Max-style wheelchairs - overcoming unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. It received the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance film festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.On Thursday (10/16) at 8pm in Goddard 203:
WITH YOU! (2006)
Directed by Yaniv Dabach, WITH YOU! is a documentary that follows New York's first gay rugby team, the Gotham Knights RFC, as it strive to gain points and respect against the established old time straight rugby clubs. It is the story of how a group of gay men from all walks of life come together and face their personal challenges to become a family of athletes.Dabach will be on-hand to discuss the documentary (which has played at LGBT film festivals in NYC, San Francisco, London, Philadelphia, and Tel Aviv) with us.
On Saturday (10/18), we'll travel to Randall's Island to watch the Gotham Knights RFC take on the Hudson Valley Rebels RFC in their last home game of the season. Be ready to go in the lobby of Goddard at NOON. Why? Because SATURDAY'S A RUGBY DAY!
For more information on rugby, check out RUGBY 101.If you want to read about my first year on the Gotham Knights, check out this article from the Village Voice.
*Law 16b in Rugby Union: "As soon as at least two players, one from each side, are in physical contact together with the ball on the ground, a ruck has formed."
