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

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone
Film poster
Directed by	Carol Dysinger
Music by	Sasha Gordon
Cinematography	Lisa Rinzler
Edited by	Mary Manhardt
Animation by	Fleur Davisz Simon Tubbs
Release date	28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)
Running time	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]

Summary[edit]

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[edit]

Academy Awards[edit]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2020^[5]	Best Documentary Feature (Short Subject)	Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)	Won^[6]^[7]

BAFTA[edit]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2020	Best British Short Film	Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)	Won

References[edit]

^ "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) | Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca.
^ 2020|Oscars.org
^ "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)". A&E.
^ "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)". Film Independent.
^ Barsanti, Sam (February 9, 2020). "Here Are the Winners from the 92nd Academy Awards". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 9, 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^ "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)" wins Best Documentary Short Subject-Oscars on YouTube
^ 2020|Oscars.org

External links[edit]

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone at IMDb
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) at A&E
Skateistan's page on the film
Trailer

[1] "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) | Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca.

[2] 2020|Oscars.org

[3] "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)". A&E.

[4] "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)". Film Independent.

[oscar-5] Barsanti, Sam (February 9, 2020). "Here Are the Winners from the 92nd Academy Awards". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 9, 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[6] "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)" wins Best Documentary Short Subject-Oscars on YouTube

[7] 2020|Oscars.org

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