She Skates - Nikki Strautman

Documentary Video
15:46

Female athletes experience great highs and astronomical lows within their athletic careers. The audience explores the concept of women’s sports and their relation to men’s sports in the terms of women’s ice hockey.

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She Skates

This film is an expository and participatory documentary in which graduating seniors Celine Long, Zaya Sax, and Ashley Lambert deeply describe the stories of their hockey careers and participating in the male-dominant sport. They speak about battles and achievements that ultimately build the experiences of female ice hockey players in their sport. The journey will involve education, struggle, competition, and devotion.

Title page with written words "She Skates" overlayed on image of hockey skates walking
Interviewee "Celine Long" smiling as she introduces herself with her name placed in the bottom third
Four hockey players smiling at the camera while on the bench
A girl hockey player and a boy hockey player standing next to each other mid-scrimmage
Interviewee "Zaya Sax" mid-interview sitting in front of lockers in locker room

Interviewee "Zaya Sax" mid-interview sitting in front of lockers in locker room

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