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Skateboard Kings

1978 · 52 min

A scrappy, sun-baked slice of street culture that hums with youthful energy and quiet defiance.

Directed by: Horace Ové
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva, Jerry Valdez

Overview: If you’re young, male and you live in the city, how do you prove yourself in the most materially comfortable country on earth? How do you show courage, daring, skill, strength? How do you prove you’re a man? If you’re a Masai Tribesman in Africa you kill a lion. If you’re an Aborigine boy, you go on walkabout, if you live in Dogtown, Los Angeles you ride a skateboard.

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Directed by: Horace Ové
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva, Jerry Valdez

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
class
friendship
rebellion
Places: big city
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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