Bay Street Theater

Film# 1 Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You are a Girl) SOLD OUT. A wait-list will begin 10 mins. before 6pm at Bay St. Theater box office .6pm at Bay St.
Mon, 12/9, 6:00pm 2 films, no intermission.
DIRECTOR: Carol Dysinger

PRODUCER: Elena Andreicheva
EDITOR: Mary Manhardt
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lisa Rinzler

Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You’re A Girl)  is the story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write and skateboard in Kabul. Skateistan recruits kids from impoverished neighborhoods and teaches them education and life skills, so they can return to, or join, the public school system and get a fair start in life. For girls, the chance to skateboard presents a unique experience --  to compete, to play, to learn their strengths and to gain courage. 

Carol Dysinger is a filmmaker, writer, artist, and educator, whose contemporary work offers a counter-narrative to traditional stories of conflict. She is in the midst of a trilogy on Afghanistan and America post 9/11. Her previous films are Camp Victory (2010), Afghanistan (2010), American Gambit (1989), and Rain (2001).