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Director: | Carol Dysinger |
Music: | Sasha Gordon |
Cinematography: | Lisa Rinzler |
Editing: | Mary Manhardt |
Animator: | Fleur Davisz Simon Tubbs |
Runtime: | 39 minutes |
Country: | United Kingdom |
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]
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]
width=7% | Year | width=45% | Category | width=45% | Nominated work | width=8% | Result |
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2020 | Best British Short Film | Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) |