Loading Docs 2018 - She Speeds

Brooke Clarkson races stock cars — a rare female in a male-dominated motorsport. After growing up watching her dad and uncle race, taking to the track herself seemed only natural. In this short documentary, Clarkson and her family are interviewed about the challenges she’s faced to get to the top, from her mother’s concerns, to outsiders arguing that girls shouldn’t be racing — they'll just get hurt. Now, at only 18 years old, she is racing one of the top stock cars in the country. The soundtrack includes ‘She Speeds’ — the classic track from Dunedin band Straitjacket Fits.

People have told me and my dad that girls shouldn't be in this [racing] class, that they're only going to get hurt.

– Stock car racer Brooke Clarkson

Key Cast & Crew

Nina Wells

Cinematographer

Morgan Leigh Stewart

Director

Lissandra Leite

Producer

Julian Dyson

Colourist

Luana Barnes

Sound - Re-recording Mixer

James Brookes

Post-Production Producer