This Ain’t California

2012, Movie, 1h 33min

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.

Country: Germany

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7.3

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Critic David Parkinson

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Skilfully fabricated, eminently plausible and highly enjoyable.

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Critic Niels Roe

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...et vigtigt og alternativt dokument fra den kolde krig, der endnu ikke er blevet formidlet i historiebøger eller på TV.

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"This Ain't California" is a documentary that tells the story of a group of young friends who found freedom and immortality through their shared love of skateboarding in East Germany during the 1980s. Despite the oppressive regime, they refused to accept the limits imposed on them and found a way to express themselves and connect with others through their boards. The film explores how skateboarding became an act of rebellion and a symbol of hope for a better future, and how it brought people together across the Iron Curtain.

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