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United Skates

2018

Tina Brown, Dyana Winkler

Documentary, Self: Reggie Brown

6.1

42

Documentary When America's last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture.

	Author	Review
United States	Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown, the film’s producing and directing duo, construct this expansive communal portrait with patience and insight."	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A window onto a vibrant American subculture that is currently endangered"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"This kaleidoscopically vibrant, essential-viewing survey plunges audiences into a dazzling underground scene, celebrating the endangered art form it finds there"	POS
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"The documentary really starts to grip as it grows to explore the social, political and financial aspects of the roller rinks"	POS
United States	Alan Scherstuhl LA Weekly	"'United Skates' works as a celebration, lament and exciting overview of its subject (...) With rousing footage of skaters acing stylish tricks"	POS

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