The combination of teenagers and curling might seem an odd pairing for a documentary, but 91裸聊视频淐url Power91裸聊视频� weaves rocks and rings into a coming-of-age story.

Curling is the tie that binds five young women together as they navigate ambition, anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, sex, a mother91裸聊视频檚 breast cancer diagnosis, what to do with their lives after they graduate high school and the impending separation graduation brings.

91裸聊视频淭eenagers are weird,91裸聊视频� says Hannah Smeed, one of the documentary91裸聊视频檚 subjects.

91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e not kids and they91裸聊视频檙e not adults. A lot of us are overlooked as people, really, which is similar to curling. Nobody really gives curling a second look, but like, curling is cool.91裸聊视频�

The 86-minute film, made with financing from Telus, debuted at Toronto91裸聊视频檚 Hot Docs festival in 2024.

91裸聊视频淐url Power91裸聊视频� is scheduled for theatrical release Friday when it will be shown in 73 theatres across Canada from Victoria to Halifax.

The film follows Smeed, Brook Aleksic, Sav Miley, Ashley Dezura and Amy Wheatcroft and their curling team from Maple Ridge, B.C., from 2019 to 2023 as they age from 14 to 18.

Director Josephine Anderson gave recreational curling a try at the Vancouver Curling Club in 2018.

91裸聊视频淚 was kind of blown away by how lovely the sport is and the community,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淎t the same time, I was interested in making a coming-of-age film at the time, and sort of thought what would happen if I mash these two unsuspecting ideas together?91裸聊视频�

She spent hours talking on the phone with the teenagers, and three mom-coaches, to make them comfortable with both her and the camera recording intimate moments in their homes.

91裸聊视频淢ainstream culture often makes teenage girls feel like their opinions aren91裸聊视频檛 that consequential,91裸聊视频� Anderson said. 91裸聊视频淔or a filmmaker to come in and genuinely listen consistently over time, and care, helped to build trust, helped them to understand that I thought what they were going through mattered.

91裸聊视频淎s we filmed more and more, they became more used to the camera, and then over time, it just became not that big of a deal to talk about something quite vulnerable on camera.91裸聊视频�

The ambition of the 91裸聊视频�4KGirl$91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� as they called their five-person team 91裸聊视频� is to reach the Canadian junior championship and win it.

A layer to their story is that the three mothers coaching the teens have been where they dream to go 91裸聊视频� the national women91裸聊视频檚 championship Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Dezura and Wheatcroft are the daughters of Diane Dezura and Georgina Wheatcroft, who were Kelley Law91裸聊视频檚 front end when they won a women91裸聊视频檚 world title in 2000 and an Olympic bronze medal in 2002.

Aleksic91裸聊视频檚 mother, Shannon Joanisse, has appeared in five Canadian women91裸聊视频檚 championships.

The three moms are prominent in the documentary as they shepherd their daughters through life and sport.

Ashley Dezura, now a student-curler at the University of Western Ontario, has watched the documentary four times.

91裸聊视频淪eeing it the first time was really weird because I was so conscious of myself,91裸聊视频� she said from London, Ont. 91裸聊视频淪o the first time through 91裸聊视频� I spoke with all the girls about this, and we all kind of said the same thing 91裸聊视频� the first time, it was a lot. We all kind of were just picking apart the way we came across, the way we looked. The more times we91裸聊视频檝e seen it since then, we91裸聊视频檝e started to really appreciate it for the story that it tells.

91裸聊视频淭he film does such a good job showing so many aspects of what it91裸聊视频檚 like to just be a girl and a teenager and have friendships and relationships and go through ups and downs. I just hope that it shows other girls that these things are normal and that this is what life is like.

91裸聊视频淚 hope that it sheds light on the curling community. Curling as a sport is so about the community and the relationships, and I think that this film also really highlights how sport can bring people together.91裸聊视频�

The five have scattered to different universities, but Dezura says curling remains a glue in their relationship.

91裸聊视频淗aving this film has been something that has really kept us close together,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 been another really special aspect about it.91裸聊视频�