2011 Cinema for Peace Winner Most Valuable Documentary
Directed by Kai Sehr
USA / 2011 / 95 min / Documentary
A group of skaters discover that their boards draw local children like a magnetic force. These encounters in the streets of Kabul lead to Afghanistan's first co-educational skateboarding school, Skateistan. The film tells the story of Skateistan, how a group of professional skaters bridge ethnic, religious and socio-economic barriers to bring hope to children of a war-torn country - with the help of four wheels and a board.
