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Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

American short documentary film

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.[1] It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 92nd Academy Awards.[2]

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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.[3][4]

Awards

Academy Awards

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) | Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca.
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    2020|Oscars.org
  3. [3]
    "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)". A&E.
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    "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)". Film Independent.
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    Barsanti, Sam (9 February 2020). "Here Are the Winners from the 92nd Academy Awards". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)" wins Best Documentary Short Subject-Oscars on YouTube
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