This Ain't California
“B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…”
DocumentaryHistoryAnimation
A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.
VIBE
A raw, energetic dive into East German youth culture. It's a nostalgic, rebellious ride through skateboarding's underground, celebrating friendship and the defiant spirit of a generation yearning for freedom.
nostalgicrebelliousenergeticwistfulsteadymockumentaryarchival footageanimationDIY aestheticfreedomyouth culturefriendshiprebellion
skateboardingberlin wallgerman democratic republic1970sextreme sportsmale friendshipmockumentary1980s1990spolitical repressionsoviet union history2000ssemi-fiction2010s
