Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul
Credit - Jacob Simkin
Synopsis
Twelve year-old Fazilla deals daily with the hardships of selling chewing gum on the streets and the discrimination Afghan girls face. However, when she is skateboarding, she forgets all her problems.
Murza is a 16 year-old who has known nothing but a life of war. But through participation in the Skateistan project, he has been able to give up working at a car wash and now has high hopes for both himself and his country's future.
Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautiful, verite style, 16mm film about the lives of 2 young skateboarders from Afghanistan. The Skateistan project is Afghanistan's first co-educational skateboarding school. In a country with innumerable problems, Skateistan represents an oasis where children can be children and build the kinds of cross-cultural relationships that Afghanistan needs for future stability. Intimate and challenging in its portrayal of children's stories and stunningly shot, Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a touching ray of light from a country only ever in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 9 mins
- Format
- 16mm
- Director
- Orlando von Einsiedel
- Producer
- Louis Figgis, Jon Drever, Thanh Ma, Rod Stanley, Robert Montgomery
- Co-Producer
- Louis Figgis, Jon Drever, Thanh Ma, Rod Stanley, Robert Montgomery
- Editor
- Peta Ridley
- Director of Photography
- Franklin Dow
- Music
- Patrick Jonsson
- Sound Design
- Patrick Jonsson
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 31st January 2011
