The undefeated Chicago Force pro-tackle women’s football team is storming towards the 2003 IWFL championship game. The Force clinched the SouthWest Division Championship by steamrolling over the Dallas Revolution 41-6. They play Corvallis Pride in first round of playoffs Saturday, June 21, at De La Salle Institute, 3 p.m. General admission tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12. Since this is a post-season IWFL playoff game, 2003 regular and VIP season tickets will not apply.
The winner advances to playoffs June 28 in the city of the team with the strongest record. That winner goes to NY for the IWFL championship game in July.
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A Day on the Force: Women’s Pro Tackle Football, a new film, will be screened Friday, June 20, 6 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., Chicago. A show has been added for Wed., June 25, 8:15 p.m.
Chicago filmmakers Laurie Little, Sree Nallamothu, and Ronit Bezalel have completed their first feature-length documentary, A Day on the Force. It chronicles the Chicago Force, the newest member of the Independent Women’s Football League, with 26 teams throughout the U.S.
A Day on the Force: Women’s Pro Tackle Football was shot and edited in 72 hours as part of the 72 hour feature project (72 HFP). Using nine camera crews and amassing more than 40 hours of footage, the film was cut in less than 72 hours using four computer systems. Little, Nallamothu and Bezalel worked with editor Carmine Cervi of BulletProof Film, to shape the film.
A Day on the Force shows scenes during the Force’s final home game May 25.
While the film clearly was a rush job, it still has a sense of continuity and it’s fun to see some great Chicago jocks. With a bit more editing (and perhaps a few more scenes with facts, names of players, historical context, etc.), it will be a great contribution to the stock of films about women’s sports.