Work
Footy Chicks - SBS (52 minute documentary)
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Director:
Rebecca Barry
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Producer(s):
Michaela Perske
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Production Co:
Red Ithaka Productions
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Writer:
Rebecca Barry & Michaela Perske
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Screenings:
- Sydney Film Festival 2006
- Broadcast on SBS
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Synopsis:
The possibility of sex with a football player is a fantasy for many women and a reality for some. Footy Chicks explores the scene off the footy field - a colourful world of sex, male bonding and the women who pursue them. Both the women and the players candidly reveal how it can be a fun, alluring and sometimes dangerous game.
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Press:
- “Footy Chicks is set to reignite the debate laying bare footy and sex.” Mark Bannerman - 7.30 Report ABC
- “…is a riveting treatise of the culture of "footy chicks" from ordinary female football fans to the infinitely more complex world of women who pursue footballers for sex … Usefully and unusually, Footy Chicks puts context into a complex situation …” Michael Idato, The Guide, Sydney Morning Herald
- “Filmmakers Barry and Perske manage to inject poignancy and humanity into their story” Christine Jackman - The Australian
- "The utterly riveting Footy Chicks handles what is a complex and explosive issue with a steady hand" Glen Humpheries - The Illawarra Mercury