Playground
Super 8mm, 13 min. 2004
Three New York City teenagers use the urban environment for their own
purposes. Rio, a skateboarder, Ashley, a basketball player, and Alex,
a breakdancer, are part of a longstanding New York City tradition that
often gets overlooked (or condemned): ordinary kids with limited resources
who spend every spare moment playing in ways inspired by the city. Shot
in glorious super 8mm by photograher and cinematographer Tobin
Yelland.
Watch the trailer
(Quicktime, 5.22mb)
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Press:
"On the Fringe: Atlanta Underground Film Festival Celebrates the
Avant Garde" by Felicia Feaster
Playground - *****(5 stars)- Larry Clark meets "Sesame
Street" in this stylish documentary with a propulsive soundtrack
that follows three city kids, Rio, Ashley and Alex, as they practice their
beloved pursuits of skateboarding, basketball and breakdancing. Read
Article
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"Get
your movies in small doses with Sidewalk's short film blocks" Birmingham
Post-Herald Review by Adam Wilson
"Three intelligent kids being honest and passionate
about simply having fun in New York's urban neighborhoods make "Playground"
worth a watch."
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• New York Underground Film Festival
• Hip Hop Odyssey Int’l Film Festival
Nominated for Best Documentary Short
• Rooftop Film Festival
• Ohio Independent Film Festival
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Industry film festival
• Chicago Int’l Reel Shorts Film Festival
• Independents’ Film Festival
Winner Best Student Documentary
• Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
• Atlanta Underground Film Festival
Nominated for Best Documentary
Short
• F**king Fabulous Film Festival
• Ladyfest Bay Area
• Hot Shorts Film Festival
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Chicago
Underground Film Festival
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