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Dayana 2022-10-28 17:39:14

This reminds me of four close-up family documentaries in the spring, as well as my boyhood and seven years in my life. Over the course of these years, it may have gotten worse. This documentary is very sad. The characters happen to be Chinese and white and black, I remember black K mentioned at the beginning that he can't swim, because black people can't swim, can't skateboard to the pool, because he's black, that's why his dad always reminds him The black, an irritable and inferior K. First of all, I think nina is so pretty duck haha. In fact, all three of them are facing the problem of violence. This is the director's original idea of ​​shooting, so when faced with the problem that his friend may be the perpetrator, he always wants to face this problem head-on, but People who encounter this kind of thing don't want to really face it in the end. The mother said that if this movie can give her child an outlet for healing, she is willing to reveal it this time and open the outlet that the child needs. But because my father passed away, I couldn't have the courage to face this violent problem when everyone was present. Skateboarding also has a cathartic side in documentaries, and it may also be the other side of being powerless to compromise. But at least there are corners in the dark. The violence was so scary, and maybe I did it myself, but now I think it was because my mother was under too much pressure, because she still harbors more guilt than I do. So I can't help but forgive my family. When the director turned the camera towards his mother, he felt that the violence of the stepfather towards him must be towards his mother, and he wanted to know more about this. I can't understand why. All the relief and forgiveness that have to wait for the passage of time is actually quite sad. This documentary really makes me sad.

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  • Keire Johnson: I feel like life might be moving too fast.

    Zack Mulligan: We have to fully grow up and it's gonna fucking suck.

  • Keire Johnson: It would kind of be like a drug in a way. Like, I can seriously be on the verge of having a fucking mental breakdown, but as long as I'm able to go skate then I'm completely fine.