One hundred sixty-six features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards®.
United Skates
NAME OF FILM: UNITED SKATES
DIRECTOR(S): Dyana Winkler, Tina Brown
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Credited with incubating East Coast hip-hop and West Coast rap, America’s roller rinks have long been bastions of regional African-American culture, music, and dance. As rinks shutter across the country, a few activists mount a last stand.
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AFI DOCS 2018 to Open With World Premiere of PERSONAL STATEMENT, Close with UNITED SKATES
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To Dust, written and directed by Shawn Snyder and United Skates, directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown, were voted the winners of the two Audience Awards at the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival.
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