This very short documentary piece shows promise as an introduction to a much longer film exploring both skate culture and African-American youth culture and where the two intersect. The peace begins a narrative about what sports are considered socially acceptable within the culture of African-American youth, and an exploration as to why skating does not make that list. I would definitely watch a full length documentary exploring the notion that by and large black youth do not consider skateboarding to be a sport in which they should be involved and why they seem to feel it is so closely tied to white culture. This short piece, while just barely touching on the topic due to the time constraint, seems to want to break down those walls, to open the door for African-Americans you to participate in the sport if they so desire. They seem to identify the issue, not as being disc looted by skaters, quite the opposite in fact. They seem to identify the issue as ostracization by fellow African-American you should they choose to participate in skating and to associate with white skaters. It saddens me to see any young people limiting themselves from doing things they love you due to any kind of cultural bias, and I think a film like this could potentially facilitate others to have the courage that the young man featured in this film has demonstrated by participating in a sport he loves, regardless of the fact that it is not socially popular with a large number of his peers for reasons that would appear to be based on racial bias alone . Definitely a lot to work with here, a lot worthy of further analysis, and judging by the high-quality footage and the interesting narrative, I think that this could do well as a feature length documentary. I'm hoping to see that happen in the future.
