http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/skateistan-to-live-a.html http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/skateistan-to-live-a.html#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:59:09 +0000 Andrea James Two years ago, Xeni posted about Skateistan, an innovative skate park in Kabul, Afghanistan. This year's Sundance short film program features a great 9-minute documentary on the park, including brief interviews with the manager and young people who skate there. Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, it contains some pretty shocking images of the damage the war has caused throughout Kabul. It also hints at the possibility for building "the kind of cross-cultural relationships that Afghanistan needs for future stability." Video link. (via SFF)]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/skateistan-to-live-a.html/feed 10