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. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 92nd Academy Awards.2020|Oscars.org
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.
Awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020 Best Documentary Feature (Short Subject)Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)" wins Best Documentary Short Subject-Oscars on YouTube
British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result2020 Best British Short Film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
See also 2019 in film Culture of Afghanistan Skateboarding
References
External links
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) at A&E Skateistan's page on the film Trailer