"Learning to Skateboard in A Warzone" – School Programme 3Β
Ages 10-12
5th, 6th Primary, 1st Secondary
Skateistan, a nonprofit, focuses on recruiting girls from impoverished neighborhoods to not only teach them to skateboard, but to help educate them so they can join - or return to - the public school system.
● Carol Dysinger
● 40'
● USA
Meet Bella, Rella and Sierra, a trio of skateboarding six-year-olds who form the Pink Helmet Posse. This fantastical short follows the girls as they pop ollies and shred through gender stereotypes—all while dressed in tutus.
● Ben Mullinkosson, Kristelle Laroche
● 8’
● USA