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Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
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Wikipedia article
'Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)' is a 2019 British documentary short film directed by Carol Dysinger and produced by Elena Andreicheva. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 92nd Academy Awards.[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020 2020|Oscars.org]
Summary
The film is about Skateistan, a nonprofit organization, which started as a skate school in 2007 for girls from impoverished neighborhoods learning to read, write, and skateboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, where young women are not allowed to participate in sporting activities.
Awards
Academy Awards
BAFTA
See also
* 2019 in film
* Culture of Afghanistan
* Skateboarding
References
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