Fighting Kerry Keenan :: Film Movies

Fighting Kerry KeenanTheme This film is loosely based on the story of Lola Bardem, who as a student at Sarah Lawrence college was convicted of killing her lover and roommate, Sara rampart with a compound bow. Lola, an All-American archer, and three age cover-model for Sports Illustrated was the defendant in the case brought against her by the victims family. The case, which Im sure we all remember was important for many reasons, not except due to the strange nature of Saras death, but also for the evidence brought against, and in support of Lola, including issues concerning her upbringing in a low-income neighborhood, her sexual orientation, and her gender.Although Lolas case has been closed for close to five years now, the ramifications of the suit are still being felt. Since then, many of the nations colleges and universities bring on cut funding for sports that are considered out-dated and dangerous, although many traditional sports resembling football, ice-hockey, track and field, and sailing still continue to receive a large sum of fundingoften being cited as sports that are associated with the identity of the school, and hence untouchable due to pressure from alums and television networks that broadcast the games nationally. However, and perhaps more importantly, the film provide mainly be concerned with the case itself, and the uproar it caused in the media.Protagonists For our purposes, Lolas name has been changed to Kerry. Although the film is ultimately constructed temporally along the events of Kerrys case, the main protagonist is an 18 year old high school senior named Darby Brennan, who is at the time of the case is being pursued by elite universities to join their basketball team. The news that we as viewers gather about the case is filtered to us with Darbys perspective. Although initially nave with respect to the world of competitive womens sports, Darbys experience watching the case ultimately influences her decision about playing spor ts in college. Other than her testimony, Kerry herself doesnt have much of a main part. Rather, it is the medias portrayal of Kerrys case that occupies much of the narrative, and should lead the viewer to question the portrayal of women in sports. Often scenes in the movie will be filmed to give the viewer the feeling of being the audience of news telecasts. However, in order to emphasize narrative perspective, Darby will often rendering on the information we receive, questioning how her own life could possibly be construed by the media, and her own activities misinterpreted in the interest of television ratings.