“Kabul By Skateboard: A Love Story Amid Destruction - NPR News” |
| Kabul By Skateboard: A Love Story Amid Destruction - NPR News Posted: 12 Nov 2010 03:26 PM PST Wired's Playbook blog points us to a wonderful, short documentary about Kabul's first skatepark, Skateistan. Filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel takes his time to juxtapose the simplicity and the innocence of skateboarding with the rugged, war-torn landscape of Kabul. He introduces us to Murza, a 17-year-old boy, yearning for peace and so in love with skateboarding that when he can't skate, he says, he becomes "ill." Einsiedel talks to Fazila, a 12-year-old girl whose family can't afford food and whose dad doesn't approve of her skating. But, she says, "When I am at Skateistan, I don't feel that my surroundings are ruined." The USA Today reports the park was founded in 2007. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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