Watch That Lift!
Film duration:
13
Year:
1986
Countries:
United Kingdom
Languages:
English
Original format:
16mm
Colour:
Colour
November 1985 – for the first time in Britain women take part in a national Olympic Weight Lifting Championship. Christine Starling is a champion in her weight class (60-70kg).
This portrait of a south-east Londoner shows the passion and determination of a woman facing the challenge of competitive sports, albeit with the support of her husband and her coach. Christine is only one of many competitors joining more and more in this exciting sport, long an enclave of males, but now a definite milestone of female athletic history.
Description source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
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