Meet Suzy Hotrod, the last original member of the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league—and one of the most well-known names in modern roller derby.
“Suzy Hotrod: Roller Derby Star” screened on June 3rd, 2019, as part of the 9th annual Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award.
The “Character” project is an ongoing series of one-hour videos by independent filmmaker Leon Chase. Its goal is to document a rapidly vanishing breed: The New York City Eccentric.
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Suzy Hotrod
Chassis Crass
Margaret Thrasher
Fisti Cuffs
Bonnie Thunders
Sexy Slaydie
Gotham Girls Roller Derby:
Whiskey Lullabye
Nail Diamond
Puss ‘N Glutes
Miss Tea Maven
Mercy Killer
Tiny Apocalypse
Beauty Andie Beast
Gotham Girls Junior Derby:
The Clem Reaper
Killer Plushie
Feerocious
Vivicious
Night Mares
Malice in Wonderland
Scary Poppins
Hermione Danger
Gotham Girls Basic Training:
Kate Brown
Passius Play
Jules Doyle
Joe Rollerfan
Andréanna Seymour – Buy Andréanna’s book, “Scars & Stripes: The Culture of Modern Roller Derby”
Frank Fusco
Lucky Lawler
Katrina Del Mar
Original ESPN magazine photos by Peter Hapak
Food photos courtesy of Jean Schwarzwalder
Suzy Hotrod painting courtesy of Heather XXL
Suzy Hotrod pencil drawing courtesy of Elaine Snowden
Suzy Hotrod collage courtesy of Lauren Lott
Suzy Hotrod lithograph courtesy of Jay Vollmar
Additional Gotham Girls bout and promo footage courtesy of Gotham Girls Roller Derby
WFTDA Championship footage courtesy of Women’s Flat Track Derby Association
Roller Derby World Cup footage courtesy of William Clarke a.k.a. “Mr. Force”
2004-2005 Gotham Girls and Lady Unluck footage courtesy of The Gotham Mixtapes
Additional 2008 Gotham Girls footage courtesy of Erin Greenwell, Erin Harper, Ning Li, and Adam Benn
Texas roller derby footage courtesy of “Hell on Wheels” Documentary – Producer: Werner Campbell, Director: Bob Ray
2010 interview footage courtesy of The Derby Nerd
2011 World Cup interview footage courtesy of Women Talk Sports
Suzy Hotrod whip footage courtesy of Boris Atterby
“Jam City Rollergirls” courtesy of Frozen Codebase
Lady Unluck Arlene’s Grocery footage courtesy of Dino Sorbello & Chris Laubis
Lady Unluck Arlene’s Grocery footage courtesy of Johnny Saucer
Lady Unluck Continental footage courtesy of Sammytown Jones
PATCO train footage courtesy of Haven Thompson
Empire Roller Rink footage courtesy of Kappa Chris Robinson
“Gonna Get Down”
Performed by The Bobbyteens
Written by The Bobbyteens
Courtesy of Estrus! Records
“Spartacus”
Performed by David Fau
Written by David Fau
“Nowhere Else”
Performed by Nothing Cool
Written by Nothing Cool
Courtesy of Beach Recordings
“Man’s Ruin”
Performed by Lady Unluck
Written by Lady Unluck
“Douchebag”
Performed by Kissy Kamikaze
Written by Kissy Kamikaze
“Dyn-o-mite Groove”
Performed by Adam Steele
Written by Adam Steele
“Caffeine”
Performed by Kissy Kamikaze
Written by Kissy Kamikaze
“Rockin’ at the Roller Derby”
Performed by The Loudmouths
Written by The Loudmouths
“Static Rodeo”
Performed by Maja Dunes
Written by Maja Dunes
“Étude Op. 10 No. 3”
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Music box recording courtesy of Mark Rabo
“Bride of Pinbot”
Performed by Leon Chase
Written by Leon Chase
“Nocturne Op.9 No.1”
Performed by Paul Barton
Written by Frédéric Chopin
“(Some of Us Have) Adrenalized Hearts”
Performed by The Livids
Written by Eric Davidson and The Livids
Courtesy of Oops Baby Records
All music used with permission. All Rights Reserved.
Ashlie Atkinson
Double H
Em Dash
Evilicious
Jim and Joanne Schwarzwalder
Jerry Seltzer
Johnny Aquino
Jes Dwyer
Maddog
Smarty Pants
The Prosecutor
Thora Zeen
Lady Unluck
Kissy Kamikaze
Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association
Queens of Pain
Arrogant Swine
American Retro Bar & Grill
Five Stride Skate Shop
Nice Tattoo Parlor
All original footage © Leon Chase 2018. All Rights Reserved.