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International Cinema: Dogtown And Z-Boys
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Thu Nov 12
7:30 pm,
International Cinema: Dogtown And Z-Boys at Frederic March Play Circle
Skateboarding is one of the few sports invented recently enough that its founders are still around and capable of participating in a conversation about its origins. That's why Stacy Peralta's 2001 documentary Dogtown And Z-Boys is so enjoyable; not only are most of the original members of the Zephyr Skate Team—which revolutionized the use of what was previously a kids' toy and turned it into a daring modern sport with the use of high-flying aerobatics—still around, but Peralta was one of them. He combines his intimate knowledge of the scene's social origins with a keen visual sensibility and a joyful mythologizing that never gets too self-serious. It all adds up to one of the finest sports documentaries in recent years.
Frederic March Play Circle 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI
Skateboarding is one of the few sports invented recently enough that its founders are still around and capable of participating in a conversation about its origins. That's why Stacy Peralta's 2001 documentary Dogtown And Z-Boys is so enjoyable; not only are most of the original members of the Zephyr Skate Team—which revolutionized the use of what was previously a kids' toy and turned it into a daring modern sport with the use of high-flying aerobatics—still around, but Peralta was one of them. He combines his intimate knowledge of the scene's social origins with a keen visual sensibility and a joyful mythologizing that never gets too self-serious. It all adds up to one of the finest sports documentaries in recent years.
Updated 11/09/2009
