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United Skates

Tina Brown, Dyana Winkler
| USA
| 2018
| 88 min

Packed with fantastic skate sequences and personal stories from passionate community rollers, it’s little wonder this took out Tribeca’s Audience Award. Black rollerskating spaces have long provided a haven for many as they move to the emerging sounds of hip hop or the newer strains of R&B and Beyoncé. When America’s last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture – one that has remained undiscovered by the mainstream for generations, yet has given rise to some of the world’s greatest musical talents.

Director
Tina Brown, Dyana Winkler
Producer
Tina Brown, Dyana Winkler
Premiere
Sydney Premiere
Section
Panorama
Festival Year
2018