Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul

Dazed & Confused and Diesel joined forces to create Diesel New Voices – a new platform for young filmmakers to have their work seen by a global audience. The result is three short documentaries focusing on youth ‘micro-cultures’ around the world. The three selected stories that received funding show how a small number of individuals can have a positive social impact by going against the grain, and forging a shared identity through opposition to social pressures.

We present:

Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film that follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17, an age group largely untouched by other aid programmes.

Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel

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